Looking glass self

This quote examines an internal conflict. Laura’s choice of completely devoting herself to her work made her sacrifice other joys in life. It reveals that Laura is a hardworking and successful person, but still isn’t satisfied. This conflict repeats itself throughout the book.Laura’s conflict here reminds me of a similar conflict this dude from Disney's Princess and the Frog. They both were so devoted to their jobs that they neglected their love life and friendships. This quote shows a change…

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…

The Glass Menagerie, a play by Tennessee Williams, is a memory play set in St. Louis in 1937 just at the start of the Great Depression in America. The Glass Menagerie focuses on three completely different characters, their dreams, and each individual’s inner struggle to face reality. Laura Wingfield and Tom Wingfield obtain certain weaknesses, which include self-consciousness and the incapability of making the decision to remove oneself from their current circumstances which ultimately inhibits…

The memoir The Glass Castle, written by author Jeannette Walls was published in March of 2005. In August of 2017 Jeannettes memoir was adapted into a movie by screenplay writers Destin Daniel Cretton and Andrew Lanham. Some of the actors that starred in the movie were Brie Larson (Jeannette Walls), Naomi Watts (Rose Mary Walls), and Woody Harrelson (Rex Walls). The movie adaption did exceptionally well gaining a gross revenue of 21.70 million USD, but i would not recommend the movie to those who…

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…

Part One: The Melting Man Robert ‘Melting Man’ Kellerman has long suffered a complex guilt — the kind that stems from an unhealthy appetite for women. He rents a cramped studio apartment in Fitzroy North but spends most of his time in a workshop in St Kilda. This is where he brings the girls. The workshop is cold, damp, and grey. It once housed an automotive repairs business. On one side a half-rusted car sits, jacked up on a hoist. Its wheels are missing. All the windows have been…

The submissions for this assignment are posts in the assignment's discussion. Below are the discussion posts for Lesli Robles, or you can view the full discussion. from Discussion #1 - The Glass Menagerie Aug 31, 2017 1:01pm Click to change profile picture for Lesli Robles Characters Amanda Wingfield(Mother) While she doesn’t intentionally mean to hurt her children, she does with her sense of not being able to come to terms with reality. She very clearly lives in a…

Avenue stayed where it was with police tape surrounding the cracked brick. However, to the people inside it was beautiful. The tall ceilings and their wooden supports framed the cracked windows where the light filtered through the old tinted glass. Stained glass chandeliers hung from the faded bricks that made up the ceiling. There was old floral couches that looked like they…

The cathedral of Bourges, France, known as Saint-Étienne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church with French gothic architectural style. This cathedral is dedicated to Saint Stephen. Initially, the groundbreaking for this building was in 1195, yet was not fully finished until 1230. The structure is still in use to this day. The Western façade on this cathedral is the most grandiose facade in the compilation of the previous cathedrals that have been visited. Cathedral Saint Étienne too has a…

When people don’t like the situation they’re in, their first instinct is to escape it. In The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, Tom Wingfield narrates the memory of a time when he worked or ran off to the movies, and when Amanda, his mother, was on a desperate hunt for a gentleman caller for his sister, Laura. While Tom struggles with his insatiable need for a change in life, his mom clings to the chance of reliving her convivial past through her daughter. Amanda escapes the present…