Scientific Essays are for sharing your own original research work with other scientists or for reviewing the research conducted by others. As such, they are critical to the evolution of modern science, in which the work of one scientist builds upon that of others.
The narrator's point of view allows the reader to develop a better understanding of the author's opinion. The narrator's point of view allows the reader to understand the perspectives of all of the characters.
For much of Jeannette's childhood, Dad's promise to build the Glass Castle represents both the family's hope and Jeannette's hero worship of Dad, but, as Jeannette grows older, the castle comes to symbolize his broken promises.