Rex Walls

Rex was a violent alocholic.

In 'The Glass Castle' the character Rex Walls is an alocholic I believe his drinking problem is a burden on the family because it often leaves them without money for basic necessities."We kids usually kept our hunger to ourselves, but we were always thinking of food and how to get our hands on it." Page 68. Also his drinking caused Rex to become violent. "He came home in such a drunken fury that mom usually hid while we kids tried to calm him down. He broke windows and smashed dishes and furniture until he's spent all his anger; then he'd look around at the mess and us kids just standing there." Page 112.

Rex gave Jeannette Venus for Christmas.

But when Rex was sober he told mesmerizing stories and taught the children physics, geology, and math. The children adored their father and often came to him when they had a problem.