Welch

          The trip to Welch takes a month and once they get there it is easy to see that it wasn't worth it. Jeanette has imagined finding a scene similar to staying with Grandma Smith but instead finds completely the opposite. Their father's family is even worse than him on his bad days. Erma, their grandmother, seems to punish the children for everything bad that ever happened to her. Because of growing up on the other side of the country they can't understand the thick accent that the people have and are put in the class for children with learning disabilities. Welch was supposed to make everything better but instead everything seems like it's going to get worse. They are soon kicked out of the house by Erma and go buy a new house. The house is actually pretty pathetic from Jeanette's perspective. I think that if this had been back towards the beginning of the story she wouldn't have been so critical of the house but it is obvious how much she has changed and matured throughout the story. She is definitely starting to doubt her father. After all these years he says he is going to build the Glass Castle but it is obvious by the beginning of the book that this will not ever happen. This definitely doesn't seem like an exciting adventure.