The Glass Menagerie 2

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of society as a whole than personal happiness. However to a single person, happiness generally seems to be more important than responsibility. An unhappy person that spends their entire life being burdened by the responsibility of another person might as well be a slave.
In the case of Tom Wingfield, leaving his family's home in search of happiness was an appropriate and understandable action. This is because his mother was so unrealistic in her expectations of him as well as extremely critical that it was self-destructive for him to stay in such an environment for any longer. His sister Laura was around twenty-four years old and should be able to take care of herself and Amanda, the mother, having only herself to look after should be fine as well. In the play Tom compares himself with his father who walked out on his family. This however, is not a fair analogy. Someone who is in their early twenties without a wife or kids should not have the same amount of responsibility as ...

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