... , and some come from simple absence, but no matter the form of emotion or the result of the treatment there's one thing they all share. They all leave an Impact! In "the Glass Menagerie" Williams lists five characters but in the play there only four roles. This comes because the father is non-existent and isn't in the family's lives, but don't count him out just yet ... and this is what saves them from the treatment of their parents. In the short story "Popular Mechanics" by Raymond Carver names are not necessary in understanding the treatment, the past and the future are not necessary in...

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In The Glass Menagerie, Amanda's isolation in the "bee hive- apartments is the cause of her controlling attitude. Her dominating approach toward her children may in reality be the core of Laura's psychological disarray. Anyone who is sheltered in a minute space for an extensive period of time is susceptible to some unhealthy side effects. Because Amanda does not leave the shelter of the apartments, she continues to treat her ... adult family as if they were children, she is not aware that not all people are like her, and she constructs and inhabits a false reality to replace the real world ex...

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• Grade Level: High School