jeannettes father

Rex is not a good father. Jeannette begins to recognize that her father continually the family down. Once the only child who believed in him, she loses hope in Rex as his drunkenness worsens. When Jeannette asks Rose Mary to leave Rex so that the family can qualify for welfare, Rose Mary is shocked and she admonishes Jeannette for losing hope in her father. Her father is like a glass castle: an illusion of a parent built on the fragility of his troubled mind.