As I finished up God Don't Like Ugly, I could not help but notice the similarities between this book and The Glass Castle. Both girls came from a broken family and a very difficult childhood, but they both made something of themselves. Both Annette and Jeanette, leave their home at a relatively young age, get a job, and try to live a normal life. "It was the personnel representative at the Erie Manufacturing Company, one of the two factories where I had applied. They had a job for me. 'When do I start," I yelled." (344). Annette now has a reliable job and a steady income so that she never has to live like she did as a child. Jeanette happens to go to New York and find herself a job there.
Also, there is a definite turning point for each of the main characters in both books. For Annette it was, " 'You're right, Muh'Dear. I'll never be the same again' I said sadly. I promised myself that the old Annette Goode was dead. My rebirth had been a long time coming. I was leaving behind all the ugliness I had known for eighteen years," (320). Annette finally realizes that she deserves better and that she is going to do her best to obtain a better life. Jeanette's changing moment was when she decided that she was going to get to New York no matter what it took.
Although Annette never found a husband, like Jeanette, they both became much more comfortable with who they were and much stronger people, which became evident when Annette easily told Levi off after finding out what he had done to her. " 'You better get home to your wife and your son!' I barked, already attempting to close the door... 'The only way you'll ever get back into this apartment is if you break in!' " (386). I think that had Annette never left, she would never have been strong enough to let go of the person she had only ever had a serious relationship with. The same thing happened for Jeannette in that she became a much stronger person having dealt with her childhood.
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