Glass Menagerie Fragile

The World Is Glass Neil Gaiman once wrote, “There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.” Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie is a prime example of just how fragile people can be. The play is set in the St. Louis apartment where Amanda and her two kids, Tom and Laura, live. Laura spends her time playing with her glass menagerie while Tom works. Laura barely goes out because she is crippled and socially awkward, so her mother wants a gentleman caller to call and talk to Laura. Tom talks Jim, Tom’s old high school friend and Laura’s crush since she first met him, into calling Laura and into coming to dinner. Amanda prepares Laura for dinner and makes sure she looks beautiful for Jim. Jim comes to dinner and after they are all finished eating, Laura goes into the living room to play with her glass menagerie, so Amanda sends Jim into the living room to keep Laura company while she and Tom do the dishes. After having a long conversation with Laura, in which she comes out of her little shy shell and becomes charming, Jim kisses Laura, but after pulling …show more content…
People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.” Tennessee William’s play The Glass Menagerie shows just how fragile people can be. Laura and her glass menagerie have so much more than common than meets the eye in this play. Laura is just as fragile as the glass menagerie she takes care of on a daily basis. The slightest wrong touch on a piece of glass can shatter it and destroy it forever. The slightest hatful or disrespectful phrase can destroy a person for good. The fragility of humans is the same as glass. We are all a beautiful piece of glass, but if we are handled the wrong way, we can be shattered. We must be careful on what we say to others. We never know just how close they are to being shattered. We are all just one rock throw from being shattered for the rest of our