As depicted in Wall's The Glass Castle, hunger (physical or metaphorical) can be a direct motivator for knowledge. Jeannette's physical hunger has a direct correlation to her hunger for knowledge. Due to the fact that her parents often fail to provide food for the family, she strives to distance herself from such situations. Whether its rooting "through the bathroom wastebaskets for food" (Walls 232) or getting a job, physical hunger pushes her to adapt. In this case, adapting means gaining knowledge. She soul desires knowledge to be able to find a job in New York and abandon the life of poverty. Although Jeannette tries to avoid it, hunger is what drives her to eventually move to New York and live a stable life. Also, looking at a real world scenario, 53.5 percent of Harvard undergraduates come from families that have an annual income of less than $200,000 (Lanning). That's not poverty level, but there are bound to be quite a few individuals that are close. This shows that success is not bred from past success. It can be formulated from the hunger of knowledge, which is often stemmed from hunger for a better life. Sometimes those who live "the good life" often lack the required hunger for knowledge in order to find success. Due to their current satisfactory lives, they subconsciously assume that as long as they don't fail out of school, their lives will be just as successful and luxurious. However, this is not the case. Their parents probably worked their butts off in order to achieve such a state of nirvana. The present doesn't represent the future, so people should strive for knowledge, even if they're not hungry (physical or metaphorical) at the moment.
Article about Hardvard student income: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/1/26/diversity-lack-figures-evidence-harvard/
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