Glass

In the novel about a family who thrived off of the struggle of being poor, and jumping from home to home. [“The Glass Castle” shows the reader the perspective of a girl whose family, primarily focuses on family, no matter how much money they have.] It basically shows the importance of family as the author, her brother, and her sisters grew up. At the beginning of the novel, Jeanette talked about how her father would tell stories about himself, but he’d never talk about the later to be found…

unless they had experienced. However, about seventy years ago, Tennessee Williams, who was an American playwright, orchestrated a vivid literacy masterpiece that combined his personal experience with his distinguished and influential memory play, The Glass Menagerie, which transpired in St. Louis in 1937, and primarily depicted the difficulties of the Wingfield’s family during the period of the catastrophic economic collapse. In this way, this play not only generated a mirror of the crucial…

The Glass Castle, a memoir, by Jeannette Walls describes the struggles and obstacles she and her family face throughout their lives together. With irresponsible parents, the Walls children can still manage to have key qualities that help them grow into mature responsible adults. Her parents, Rex and Rose-Mary, teach them to be determined and loving of the world around them. The Walls family constantly tries to find ways to salvage money and food for each other. But even with dysfunctional…

In O’Connor’s article, Confinement and Isolation in Menagerie, she claims that confinement is one of the main themes in The Glass Menagerie. She does so by highlighting Tom and Laura’s experiences. She first addresses Tom’s situation and how he is both physically and emotionally confined to the apartment and his family. He is confined to his dead-end warehouse job because he has to support Amanda and Laura. “This confinement keeps him from fulfilling his dreams” (O’Connor). When it comes to…

Today in society many of us tend to do whatever it takes to fit in and keep our true selves locked in. In the memoir entitled The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls experiences a lot of obstacles due to the frequent moving. She often faces trouble with making new friends and having others to fully understand her. At some point one tends to get tired of others not understanding so they hide their past along with their true personality just to fit in. In my cousins experience she once faced the same…

Prompt #8 The Glass Menagerie 1. How do economic circumstances affect the actions of Tom, Laura, and Amanda? Tom: The way economic circumstances affected Tom is that he seems to be the only two of the three member in the family to earn money. It is clear that they’re not in a great financial situation and Tom is doing what he can to earn money in a shoe factory. However, you can tell that Tom is not happy being in the shoe factory. When he seems to be home, he always look so tired and just…

In The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams gives the name “Wingfield” to the main characters, implying a symbolic idea, also presented through an abundance of bird references throughout the acts. These allusions are used to distinguish internal and external conflicts of each character, as well as their traits and futures. Each character has unique traits that are expressed through references to the avian. Through allusions to the bird, Tom allows us to characterize his mother, Amanda. On…

to see only in front of them” (3). Although they are not actually stuck in a cave, and the cave being a metaphor, Walls’ parent’s “caves” are an imprisonment to not wanting to attain jobs, so they can have money to provide for their family. In The Glass Castle Walls’ mother, Rose Mary emphasizes that after she returned from renewing her teaching certificate she “intended to quite her teaching job and devote herself to art” (218). Leaving her telling her children that they can earn their own…

Our group’s version of the glass menagerie is set in the 1940s, the time it was originally created to be set in. However, our director, Allison, offered up the idea of taking a more liberal approach to the costume designs. She also wanted to put a modern spin on all aspects of the show (costuming included). In order to dress Amanda in a way that would fit this vision, I made her clothes classy, elegant, and a tad revealing, albeit cheaply made. All of her outfits are the less expensive…

What do you think when you pass a homeless person on the street? You probably think that they are lazy and don't try to find a job or they don't have to support a family. Well if you do you could be wrong. In the book Glass Castle you will learn about the battle of having an alcoholic and abusive father.You will read about a mother that cares more about art then her own family. You be introduced to kids that keep the whole structure of their family together.Finally you will learn about the…