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The Glass Managerie


            
             The Glass Menagerie written by Tennessee Williams follows the lives of three people of a middle-class family, Amanda Wignfield and her two children Laura and Tom. Mr. Wingfeild left his family many years prior to the time this play takes place. The only representation, besides memories, is a large picture hanging in the living room. Each character in The Glass Menagerie has a need to escape from he or she's life.
             Tom Wingfield, a main character and the narrator, openly shows the reader his need to escape. The realities of his life consist of working in a warehouse, and wanting desperately to leave the he has behind. Tom feels that he receives nothing but heartache for all his efforts. He is torn about escaping from what he calls his life. .
             The major issue that concerns Tom is that he cares deeply about his sister, Laura. He also fears what another man leaving is mother will do to her. Tom never asked to have the role of his father, but he had no other choice. He took responsibilities on that broke his own father down. That brought down his own father, and all that remains of his father is a picture on the wall. Before he regretfully leaves his family, his only escape from the madness inside the walls of their apartment, was the fire escape. For many years it had been saving Tom from a simingly-cramped apartment. The other escape, "the movies," as he would tell his mother, but in reality he was out drinking. Out drinking, and escaping form his own self. Tom has earned some time outside the house. Although drinking is also an escape, everyone deserves a break. The quickest fix to the problems he is having is drinking, so he thinks. One may find drinking to always be fun, yet that person's problems will still wake up with he or she up in the morning. The realities of his own life are lying hard on Tom, and he leaves angrily.
             Amanda also shows her feelings openly. She believes that she will one day be left alone again.


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