Laura’s mother, Amanda, is looking for a husband for Laura. Linda is always optimistic about the future. “But you’re doing wonderful, dear. You’re making seventy to a hundred dollars a week.” (Miller, Arthur 1778). Laura never considers the future. “I don’t do anything much.” (William, Tennessee 1691). Both women are controlled by another family member. Linda’s husband is restraining her. “I won’t have you mending stocking in this house! Now throw them out!” (Miller, Arthur 1780). Laura was to shy and being controlled by her mother. “I took her over to the Young People’s League at the church. Another fiasco. She spoke to nobody; nobody spoke to her.” (Williams Tennessee …show more content…
“It was the lesser of two evils, Mother. I couldn’t go back there; I threw up on the floor.” (Williams, Tennessee 1661). Laura never went out anywhere to meet friends or to have a social life. She always went walking to the local zoo. “I went in the art museum and the bird-houses at the Zoo.” (Williams Tennessee 1661). Laura also used her brace as a form of alienation herself from other people. “Yes, it was so hard for me, getting upstairs. I had that brace on my leg it clumped so loud!” (Williams, Tennessee, 1689) Laura was self-conscience of the noise her brace made while she was walking. “To me it sounded like thunder.” (Williams, Tennessee,