It functions as Laura's sense of protection from the harsh world of reality and directly characterizes her. The glass menagerie parallels Laura and reveals her fragility. Regardless of how easily glass breaks, not one member of the Winfield family is able to break out of the glass menagerie. It is not until Jim, the only character who lives in reality, enters the wingfield household and reveals their inability to coexist in the real world. The wingfields collision with reality breaks the illusion. Thus, revealing the theme of the inevitability of facing
It functions as Laura's sense of protection from the harsh world of reality and directly characterizes her. The glass menagerie parallels Laura and reveals her fragility. Regardless of how easily glass breaks, not one member of the Winfield family is able to break out of the glass menagerie. It is not until Jim, the only character who lives in reality, enters the wingfield household and reveals their inability to coexist in the real world. The wingfields collision with reality breaks the illusion. Thus, revealing the theme of the inevitability of facing