The Glass Menagerie

We are currently watching The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams in class this week however we are still responsible for reading the material as well. In my reading, I felt that the play was well written and easy to follow along with. This play tells of a family trapped in destructive patterns. After being abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield, a woman of the great depression, has become trapped between worlds of illusion and reality. Amanda wanting what's best for her children seems incapable of providing it for them. Tom, tired of only watching adventure at the movies,working at the warehouse is determined to break away from his authoritarian mother. Laura may not be the glamorous doll her mothers wants, but she a sweet girl and when confronted with Jim, a visitor whom Laura had a high school crush on, there is the chance that she will finally claim her life as her own however, not before long Jim reveals that he is engage to be married and can no longer be Laura gentleman caller.This play demonstrates the importance of love and it represents a memory of not only family but also of loss.