While reading both Glass Menagerie and A Raisin in the Sun I noticed a few similarities within all the characters, but mainly I saw the most similarities and differences between the two mothers in both plays. One of the most important parts of each of these stories is the relationship between the children and their mothers. The mothers are both very similar and also, very different from each other. The father figure is missing with both of these stories. Both the mothers, Amanda and Mama are single mothers that try to support their families.
However, Amanda is overprotective over Tom and Laura. While Lena Younger, also known as Mama is the "supervisor" of her family. In the Glass Menagerie, Amanda is constantly trying to force Tom to take care of their family like their father never did. She wants him to be the complete opposite even though whenever she looks at him all she sees is his father. While in A Raisin in the Sun, Mama wants her son, Walter to be just like the man his father had been. …show more content…
She chooses which one is more convenient for her. She was left by her husband, to raise young children without support, which was out of her element. She would always "daydream" about her old life, before marriage and before children. When days would become unbearable she would recall the days of her youth, when she lived at Blue Mountain and had over fifteen gentlemen callers on one Sunday afternoon. This story had been told so often that it was no longer an illusion, it become a reality. However, she could not live in these illusions every day. The pressure of living outside of these illusions made her face many unpleasant
However, Amanda is overprotective over Tom and Laura. While Lena Younger, also known as Mama is the "supervisor" of her family. In the Glass Menagerie, Amanda is constantly trying to force Tom to take care of their family like their father never did. She wants him to be the complete opposite even though whenever she looks at him all she sees is his father. While in A Raisin in the Sun, Mama wants her son, Walter to be just like the man his father had been. …show more content…
She chooses which one is more convenient for her. She was left by her husband, to raise young children without support, which was out of her element. She would always "daydream" about her old life, before marriage and before children. When days would become unbearable she would recall the days of her youth, when she lived at Blue Mountain and had over fifteen gentlemen callers on one Sunday afternoon. This story had been told so often that it was no longer an illusion, it become a reality. However, she could not live in these illusions every day. The pressure of living outside of these illusions made her face many unpleasant