Not Physically Buff but Mentally Tough
Warwick Davis, a famous actor, talked about his disability and what different individuals think about it. He once said, “The world worries about disability more than disabled people do.” In this he is saying that people think more about his disability than he does. This can be seen in The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, when Amanda tells Laura not to talk about her disabled leg and when she says that Laura needs a gentlemen caller to take care of her. In this book the main characters Tom, Amanda and Laura live together in an apartment in St. Louis. Amanda, the mother, is the care giver in the family. She has very high expectations for her children especially Laura. Amanda expects her to find a gentleman caller because she will not be able to make it in the world because of her disability. While both Amanda and Laura demonstrate attributes of strength, Laura has greater moral fortitude because she is able to overcome obstacles, establish independence, and accept fate.
The first example of how Laura is stronger is when different dilemmas obstruct her life and she has to put up with them. In scene two, Laura provides an example of how her …show more content…
In scene two when Amanda finds out that Laura has not been attending business school she questions her and Laura explains where she has been going instead. She says, “I went in the art museum and the bird houses at the zoo. I visited the penguins every day! Sometimes I did without lunch and went to the movies. Lately I’ve been spending most of my afternoon in the Jewel Box, that big glass house where they raise the tropical flowers,” (15), Laura is telling her mother and the audience how she ventured alone and decided where to wander. This part of the scene is important because it displays to the audience how Laura is independent and can make decisions without her mother’s
Warwick Davis, a famous actor, talked about his disability and what different individuals think about it. He once said, “The world worries about disability more than disabled people do.” In this he is saying that people think more about his disability than he does. This can be seen in The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, when Amanda tells Laura not to talk about her disabled leg and when she says that Laura needs a gentlemen caller to take care of her. In this book the main characters Tom, Amanda and Laura live together in an apartment in St. Louis. Amanda, the mother, is the care giver in the family. She has very high expectations for her children especially Laura. Amanda expects her to find a gentleman caller because she will not be able to make it in the world because of her disability. While both Amanda and Laura demonstrate attributes of strength, Laura has greater moral fortitude because she is able to overcome obstacles, establish independence, and accept fate.
The first example of how Laura is stronger is when different dilemmas obstruct her life and she has to put up with them. In scene two, Laura provides an example of how her …show more content…
In scene two when Amanda finds out that Laura has not been attending business school she questions her and Laura explains where she has been going instead. She says, “I went in the art museum and the bird houses at the zoo. I visited the penguins every day! Sometimes I did without lunch and went to the movies. Lately I’ve been spending most of my afternoon in the Jewel Box, that big glass house where they raise the tropical flowers,” (15), Laura is telling her mother and the audience how she ventured alone and decided where to wander. This part of the scene is important because it displays to the audience how Laura is independent and can make decisions without her mother’s