Jeanette Walls' memoir The Glass Castle and "Mockingbird" by Marshall Bruce Mathers both contextually illustrate the undying love and compassion between a father figure and his offspring. In the memoir The Glass Castle, Jeannette anxiously believes there is a monster under her bed. This causes his father, Rex Walls, to take him with him to try to find the monster under his bed so that they can face such a fearsome beast together. They then check everywhere in the house and eventually go outside and Rex bravely screams and calls for this monster and Jeannette ends up joining him too. Eventually, after a long time of yelling at the monster, they finally decide that the monster is just a figment of Jeanette's imagination. By shouting the monster's name, it is obvious that Rex wanted to show Jeannette how to face her fears and confront them. Rex and Jeanette sit down and Rex explains to him, "That's the thing to remember about all monsters, Dad said: they love to scare people, but as soon as you look at them, they turn their tails and run away." flee. All you have to do, Mountain Goat, is show the old Demon that you are not afraid” (Walls 36). This quote highlights the fact that the monsters Jeanette perceives and the fear she experiences while lying in bed are just an illusion created in the confines of her mind. In doing so, Rex Walls demonstrates the characteristics of an excellent father by demonstrating the compassion and love he has for his child. Rex establishes this notion by teaching her life lessons, such as facing her fears, which prove useful later in the novel, as they help Jeanette when she finds herself in an anxiety-provoking situation. The character of a great father figure...... middle of paper...... mom. He then continued making music, until one day he became famous enough to not only make up the $1,000 deficit, but also finance his entire tuition. In doing so, Mathers proves that he loves his child so much that he is willing to quit his old job and risk everything in the music industry so that he can provide the obligatory funds for his daughter. These two examples correlate to each other because both fathers had the audacity to put their children first and were willing to do nothing until their ends were achieved. This is evident when Rex gave up his money so Jeanette could stay in college and Mathers will never give up, until he can pay his daughter's tuition. Thus, Jeanette Walls' The Glass Castle and Marshall Bruce Mathers' "Mockingbird" both explicitly emphasize that love and compassion can be an eternal force..