On page thirty-nine Walls makes a confession: " I never believed in Santa Claus.... Mom and Dad refused to let us."
Many who have read the book probably think that Jeannette Walls’ parents robbed her and her siblings of a proper childhood or even having imagination; after all, they were taught basic school subjects at a young age and that they should not believe in Santa Claus. However, they do not seem to realize that he had to encourage their imagination in order to convince them that goals as big as an actual glass castle were actually possible. Without imagination they would have called their father’s plans foolish. People such as Mr. Walls had to have some kind of imagination to be able to envision grand things or something no one else has thought of before.
Many who have read the book probably think that Jeannette Walls’ parents robbed her and her siblings of a proper childhood or even having imagination; after all, they were taught basic school subjects at a young age and that they should not believe in Santa Claus. However, they do not seem to realize that he had to encourage their imagination in order to convince them that goals as big as an actual glass castle were actually possible. Without imagination they would have called their father’s plans foolish. People such as Mr. Walls had to have some kind of imagination to be able to envision grand things or something no one else has thought of before.
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