The Glass Castle gives a very interesting view on poverty. It is written from a child's point of view, in which her parents try to make everything an adventure. For example, when they couldn't make the payment on their house, they'd pack up the car and find another place to live, telling the children the FBI was after them and they had to leave town.
Also, the mother tells the children things such as that they will not buy fly paper because it kills the flies, which are eaten by the birds and lizards, and the birds and lizards eaten by the cats; if they don't kill the flies they don't have to buy cat food, which they couldn't afford anyway.
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