Case Management: Glass Castle

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CASE MANAGEMENT: GLASS CASTLE
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Who is this person?
The person here is Jeannette Walls. She is a popular American author and a reporter who has
been hugely known as the former gossip columnist working for MSNBC.com. She is the one
who has written the book The Glass Castle. Based on these memories of her nomadic family
members and her children, the movie has been made in the year 2017 (Walls, 2017).
What has he/she done in his/her life?
Jeanette and her family continuously move around from one place to another for resettling.
After getting away from her family she fulfilled her dream by relocating to New York. She
archived her goals to become an American Writer and a reporter on News Channel.
What brought him/her to this situation and service intervention?
From the movie "Glass Castle" it has been seen that the family of is dysfunctional, from
where the memoirs interact with each other without condemns the parental relation. It is her
problematic family where all the family members are disconnected from each that brings her
to such situation and intervention of service (Moran et al., 2017). It is her parent’s choices
and family dysfunctioning behaviour that affected her mid all the while forcing her to move
to different towns for settlement.
What are the opportunities for these goals and aspirations to be achieved?
Jeannette along with her siblings Lori, Brian gets settles to desert for exploring the place
away from her abusive father. By doing so, Jeanette was trying to find an opportunity to seek
a place in the world. Jeannette wanted to make a place of her ignoring and rejecting the
family truth and father. She frames her aspiration by getting an opportunity to move away
from the family by exploring the natural environment with her brother Brian.
What are the barriers to these goals and aspirations?

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The barrier that came on her way while seeking aspirations is her father who constantly
demotivated her in achieving her goals. In this context, her family has been always in a state
of relocating for settling for a better choice. However, they could never find a suitable place
for settling. Social circumstances were the major barriers in the way of the goals and
aspiration. The most crucial barrier in her way was her father who never supported her
achievement of the career.
Who are the critical people and/or social networks in this person’s life?
The most critical people in the movie Glass Castle is Jeannette's father, who could never
found a settling job that had paranoia against the state and the society. As a result of which he
was always engrossed with is alcoholism that propels them to relocated more frequently.
Jeanette's mother on the other hand never tried to settle in a job that was always in a thirst for
more adventure (Gursansky, Kennedy & Camilleri, 2012). As Jeanette grows up she realises
more and more about her parent's irrelevant choices thinking them to be irresponsible.
Who are the professionals involved in this person’s situation?” (Gursansky et al., 2012, p.
67)
Jeanette is the professional person in the family, who moves to New York to find a job as a
reporter that was an objective in her life, Lori, her brother as well found a job for himself as
they preferred to have the roof over their head. In this context, Lori, Jeanette and Brian were
able to find a secured professional as well could build a new life for them.
Strengths – identify the individual’s strengths and any successes you observed during
the movie
Jeanette strength, as perceived throughout the movie was her resilience over her family
members. Apart from these, it has been seen that throughout the entire struggles encountered
by the family, all the children try to stay positive. The kids barely had any food to eat as a