Glass Castle post 3

Anyway, what happened in the chapter (or chapters? I can't keep track of the number of chapter(s) I read anymore... It's too complicated for my simple brain structure) was Jeannette's family lived in Las Vegas for about a month, and one day her father walked out of the casino wiht money in his pocket, thus he bought many things for Jeannette and her brother. However, a few days later, her father came home saying that the dealers figured out that he has a system and had put the word out on him. Hence, they have to leave the city of Las Vagas, and due to her mother's wish, Jeannette's familt went to San Francisco and lived in a hotel. One day, while her parents were out looking for investment money for the Prospector, Jeanette found a half-full box of matches. If you remember how Jeannette is with fire, you will understand how weird the situation is even before I start. She lit the matches in the bathroom, threw it into the toilet and watched the fire die out. Then she wasn't satisfied with the way the fire disappear, so she decided that she will throw the liten match into the toilet and flush it. And a few days later, the hotel was burning down, and although Jeannette and her family escaped successfully, she was scarred mentally. She thought the fire was the revenge by all the spirit of the fires she had played to her. After the fire, her father decided that cities can kill his children, and they headed for the Mojave Desert.

I found it quite interesting to see the way Jeannette's mind works. The mystery of why she was obssessed with fire even after it had injured her was still left unsolved... My guess is that the fire is just a representation of power, Jeanette feared the power, envied the power, and was fascinated by such power. Due to that the fire had hurt her before, she became fearful, yet got excited when she can overpower the fire and watched it die out. Thus, I came to a conclusion--Jeannette is so weird.