Friday, October 4, 2013

The Glass Menagerie

This past week of class we've been watching and reading The Glass Menagerie.  This story is about a family who lost their father, not by death, the father just left them one day.  The characters are the mother (Amanda), the son (Tom) and the sister (Laura).  The brother and daughter are both grown but still live with their mother, and at points find themselves feeling trapped.  The mother is quite over bearing and desperately wants the best for her children, for Tom to be successful and for Laura to settle down with a nice man.  With the mothers over protective nature Tom plots this plan to one day pick up his belongings and leave.  Laura has a slight limp and she hides behind her defect, letting it stop her from living her life.
  
          Amanda pleads with Tom asking him to bring a gentlemen caller for Laura.  So one day Tom brings home a co-worker Jim, to have dinner with the family.  Laura soon realizes that this Jim is the boy she's been madly in love with since high school.  Laura soon starts to warm up to Jim and become quite close, come to find out Jim has a woman back home, soon to be married.  When Amanda hears this her cheery complexion turns into a pitiful gloom.  Reminded of the thought that her daughter may never find love. 

          Amanda the mother tries to be proper but always comes off as being shellfish.  When Tom wants to go out and do his own thing she makes him feel guilty for leaving her and his sister.  What she has a hard time seeing is that she's pushing the people in her life out, never to come back! 

3 comments:

  1. That was a very good blog post, I enjoyed it very much! seriously.. I liked it... KEEP IT UP!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. I like how you said, 'Laura hides behind her defect, letting it stop her from living her life'. This is a good way to express how she is and her personality. I think a lot of her shyness is built from this idea that she is a cripple and she can't get passed it. She lets it hold her back. I couldn't believe Jim was engaged! It made me feel bad for Laura because he seemed to lead her on in some way.

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  3. Great blog, I like the way you summarized all the details. Even though, Tom leaves Amanda and Laura for good just like his father, who abandoned them at a young age. On his last monologue, he mentioned how guilty he felt to leave Laura in that situation thanks to Amanda.

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