Real Life In The Glass Menagerie

In the play “The glass menagerie” by author Tennessee Williams, he talks about real life situations. Even though the play was written in 1944, and the life style was different back then, these situations keep happening now in days. Parents provide a balanced family life style for their kids. Fathers are in charge of the safety, educations and provide shelter, while mothers provide the basics like cooking, cleaning and taking care of the kids. What about when one of them is missing, if is the father, who will take care of the home, the mother or the oldest child. If, this is the case, is it ok to be forced to be in a home and take care of the responsibilities that belong to someone else? There comes a time in life when a child grows up and

If that child is raised by a single mother, chances of leaving home will become limited; this can have serious repercussions by cutting freedom and adding responsibilities that belong to someone else. Amanda: What right have you got to jeopardize you job? Jeopardize the security of us all? Tom: Listen! You think I’m crazy about the warehouse. You think I want to spend fifty-five years down there in that celotex interior! With fluorescent tubes! I said to myself “how lucky dead people are!” But I get up, I go! For sixty-five dollars a month give up all that I dream of doing and being ever! And you say self; self’s all I ever think of. Why listen, if self is what I thought of, Mother, I’d be where he is, GONE (Williams 935). This is the perfect example of a son, who is rebellious again his mother, for taking care of her and his sister, doing what he doesn’t want to. This reminds me of one of my friend’s situation. My friends dad died when he was five, he grow up and when he turn fifteen, he was forced by his mother to work at a dairy, doing hard work that of course he didn’t like. He is the oldest of six children. His mother didn’t want to work and left all

When a young man has to take over his family because his father walk away, all he needs is the support. Encouragement is the key to take over this difficult task. He eventually will learn how to deal with it and use that as an inspiration to keep moving forward. Amanda: I’ve had to put up a solitary battle all these years. But you’re my right hand bower! Don’t fall down, don’t fall! (Williams 939). These are the right words that will motivate anyone. This reminds me of my mom; when she told me that my dad was laid off from his job, six years ago. It was on winter time, when agriculture slows down, my mom at home with no job and my dad too. I was the only one working, with a low income check of six hundred every two weeks. There was stress all over the house. My dad use to get up at five am, and wouldn’t come home until six or seven pm, just looking for a job. There was days that I wouldn’t even see them just because I was working a lot of over time. It was a really difficult time for all of us but I remember the most important of all, we were together. One day my mother woke me up, she was sitting on my bed, she told me that she was so thankful for having a daughter like me, and that she really appreciated my help, that it was not my responsibility but I was taking care of like if it was mine. Due to the age of my dad, it was difficult for him to find a job, which was heart breaking for me. My mom and my dad were the motivation that I needed