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Foreshadowing
Part 1: A Woman on the Street
Explanation and Analysis:
The Glass Castle is a memoir, meaning it’s a nonfiction narrative based on author Jeannette Walls’s personal experience. When writing memoir, authors draw primarily from their own memories rather than external research. For Walls, this means telling the story of her journey from childhood to adulthood using vivid memories of her unconventional upbringing and complex family dynamics. Another distinct feature of memoir is that the author typically functions as the narrator; this is true of Walls, who writes in the first person and, in this way, filters the book’s events through her own thoughts and emotions.
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