March 06, 2014

Today in class we discussed our 2nd essay that is due when we come back from Spring Break. This essay has to consist of 700+ words. This essay has to be on one of these topics: The Memory and its importance of The Glass Menagerie, a thematic or character comparison with a story we have read, an in-depth character analysis of Tom, Laura, or Amanda from The Glass Menagerie, Escape in The Glass Menagerie, or s symbol from The Glass Menagerie. During our class discussion we talked about a few symbols and the way each character escapes in the story such as Tom using the movie theater as his escape or the title of the story The Glass Menagerie symbolizing how each character is fragile in some way. We also discussed how we believe that the father being absent in his children as well as his wife's life has had an impact on them all. Amanda is so overbearing when it comes to her children and I believe the reason for that is because she is lonely and bitter and because she does not have that significant other. Her kids are all that she has. She is also very consistent on finding her daughter Laura a man and I believe that is because she does not want her daughter to grow old, single, and bitter like her. Laura is a very shy girl. I believe she is missing that father figure to show her that she is loved and Tom on the other hand looks up to his father and wants to be just like him.