The Glass Menagerie Strength

Is Amanda The Stronger Character? What kind of person is considered strong in life? In The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, all the characters display an attribute of strength. Amanda wants Laura, her daughter, to be stable in life, whether in a career or marriage. This results in Tom, Amanda’s son, inviting a fellow coworker to dinner, Jim, who unknowingly comes as a potential gentleman caller. But, in the end, things don’t turn out as hoped for Laura. Although Laura has had a difficult exposure to life, with being social, having confidence, and finding a significant other, Amanda has had more life experience. This makes her stronger because Amanda was made a single parent, helps support her family, and attracted men. There are many …show more content…
Amanda’s husband left her for his own freedom, leaving her a single mother. When being a single parent, Amanda had to become both parent roles, leaving out time for herself and possibly being virtually exhausted all the time. With being the one to have to support them all at once until Tom got a job at the warehouse, Amanda would have to take any kind of job for money, which included being a brassiere model. This would have to require Amanda to give up her pride, which takes a lot of strength and shows how humble she can be. But also with having to take whatever occupation she could, she would have to have to have quite the social skillset, particularly with customers, and with customers comes rudeness. Amanda would have to have a lot of patience for those who would give her a hard time, which brings in her social skills with people of all kinds. So, what type of person is strong in life? Well, someone who is strong in life is someone who is willing to give up anything and everything for someone, puts aside their pride to get something done, and takes up challenges, no matter how hard and sticks with it until they no longer need to. This is what makes Amanda the stronger character over