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Study Guide

The Glass Castle Part II, Chapter 16

By Jeannette Walls

Part II, Chapter 16

To teach Jeannette how to swim, Dad throws her into a hot spring.
She sinks.
So he throws her again.
She sinks.
So he throws her again.
She sinks.
So he throws her again.
She sinks.
We could keep copying and pasting this until Jeannette learns to swim, which she does eventually do. Hooray.