Glass Menagerie: Relationships Are The Conveyance Of Love

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but she needs to appreciate him more and show
affection. Amanda doesn't want to realize that her children have different
views than her. Tom and Amanda are always arguing. To get away from his
mother, Tom tells Amanda that he goes to the movies every night and stays
out late to escape Amanda's nagging. Amanda is always telling Tom how to
eat, when to eat, what to eat, how to quit smoking, and what to read.
Amanda doesn't believe that Tom goes to the movies every night. Every time
Tom tries to make Amanda look at Laura realistically, she always ignores
him. She will never let Tom refer to Laura as crippled. By what Tom is
telling Amanda is that Laura is more than crippled because she is lonely
and only has her glass menagerie, and old records to occupy her. As usual,
Amanda will not listen to Tom. However, Amanda tells Tom that he can leave
once Laura is taken care of. Amanda needs to change her attitude and face
reality with her children before they are gone.

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to visit another" (Williams 34). Amanda
just wants Laura to find a husband so he can take care of her. Amanda has
a big problem. She cannot understand her children. It is ironic how Amanda
is always telling Laura that she can't be happy by staying home all the
time, meanwhile Laura wouldn't mind staying at home at all. She doesn't
want to be a part of the outer world: " The symbolism of The Glass
Menagerie, which is a memory play evoked in the mind of Tom, the son and
narrator, is carried partly in the title; for the family is like the glass
collection in the frowzy apartment, ill-adapted to it's environment"
(Dusenbury 67). The glass menagerie is mostly related to Laura but
everyone ...

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