The Glass Menagerie - Amanda Wingfield Essay

There are multiple passages in the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls that are important to the book as a whole. Each of them is like an ingredient in a recipe, without one even the greatest pastry could taste completely different. Yet there is one in particular that is what you could call the special ingredient, without it the whole recipe could start or end differently. This book tells the story of young Walls and how she struggled to live happily with her family, especially when they were all constantly on the move. In the book the reader is able to experience life with the Walls’ family from the author’s perspective. The most important passage of the book though is when Walls says "I fretted about them, but I was embarrassed by them, too, and ashamed of myself for wearing pearls and living on Park Avenue while my parents were busy keeping warm and finding something to eat" (Walls 4), because Walls’ does two things

The Glass Castle is a work of nonfiction and memoir about the about the story of the successful journalist, Jeannette Walls. Despite a difficult upbringing, she perseveres through her adversity and becomes the successful journalist that she is today. Though this success has led her to a state of happiness, she still feels deeply for her parents due to them still struggling and being homeless, and communicates her feelings through this memoir.

In the book The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, she talks about her family's dysfunctional ways of living. How they never stayed in a place for more than a few years. Her dad was a drunk and stole money from the family and her mom was a starving artist who didn’t want to get a job to provide for her family. Although her parents have some very poor qualities, they definitely have good qualities that balance it all out. Her dad Rex Walls; for example, was very caring and loving towards his family always trying to keep them together and make sure they had what they needed to survive. Jeannette’s mom Rose Mary was selfish to her family and though it seems like a bad trait it had taught her children to be self-sufficient. Them together were free-spirited never caring what other people thought and teaching their children to do the same.

Have you ever dreamed about the impossible? The impossible just became possible. This Book is called Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children. This book was written by Ransom Riggs. The main character is Jacob Portman. This story takes place in present day Florida and also on Cairnholm Island. In this book Jacob thinks he has the most boring life ever until strange things start happening. Grandpa Portman had always told him seemingly magical fairy tales of children with peculiarities. It wouldn’t be until later that he would realize that they weren’t just fairy tales. I chose the theme Characters respond to challenges. I chose this theme because there are a lot of challenges in this book. In order to comprehend how this theme is supported, one must analyze the cause of the challenge, whether or not the challenge is mental or

Eternal youth can seem close to perfect, but eventually everyone has to grow up and be mature. For example, In the Glass Castle Jeannette walls had to grow up young, and quickly realized the world does not wait for you.

There is not one comic or movie, where Superman fails to save the day, where in the end he does not win. The Harry always defeats the Voldemort. This is because when a Christ figure is developed, there are certain expectations that go along with that. However, what happens when a Christ figure fails to fulfill their duty? In The Glass Menagerie, a play by Tennessee Williams, Laura’s mother Amanda wants Laura to have a suitor. Finally, Tom —Laura’s sister— invites Jim O’Connor, one of his friends from work over to have a meal. Amanda goes into a frenzy preparing for him, and when he arrives he appears like the perfect suitor. As the night goes on, Jim eventually seduces Laura and then leaves in a rush. In Tennessee Williams’s play, The Glass Menagerie, Williams uses a ironic Christ figure to demonstrate how illusions tear a family apart.

After hearing about how we got to write about our story I got kinda nervous, I feel like the story I have is kinda personal but I feel good knowing that I get to express it with someone else or something else other than my mind. I feel like I can relate with The Glass Castle and even though it won't be the exact story Jeanette Wells told it will still have meaning and similarities in the hardship of the story. I’m going to write about my childhood and how i grew up hard with my mom and how the experience made me better.

fear of speaking out for multiple reasons. Some of those reasons included the fear of losing her

In Tennessee Williams’ play, The Glass Menagerie, all four members of the Wingfield family have chosen to hide from reality. Amanda tries to relive her past through Laura, and denies anything she does not want to accept. Laura is terrified of the real world, and choses to hide behind her limp, her glass menagerie and the victrola. Tom hides from his reality by going to the movies, writing poetry, and getting drunk. Mr Wingfield hides from his reality by leaving his family and not contacting them after he has done so. Each member of the Wingfield family has their own escape mechanism which they use to hide or escape from the real world.

Every relationship between a parent and child should consist of a good bit of balance to work well. Unfortunately for the characters in The Glass Menagerie, this wasn't ever achieved. Tension was the main ingredient in nearly every familial interaction in the story, based mostly on a good bit of dishonesty, disrespect, guilt, and selfishness. Amanda and Laura especially have a tense relationship, due mainly to Amanda's overbearing personality, her ambitious aims, and her trying to vicariously live out the glories of her youth through her daughter. Laura adds a good bit of tension to this relationship by being about as self-loathing, self-conscious, and all around pitiful as possible.

Literary Analysis of A Doll House In A Doll House by Henrik Ibsen, Nora, one of the main characters, borrows money from Krogstad, in efforts to save her husband, Helmer’s life. Nora does this unthinkable act of the era, behind Helmer’s back and keeps it a secret until Krogstad threatens Nora. In this literary work Nora, confronts a private passion of independence that ultimately conflicts with the current responsibilities of a woman in the era. Ibsen shows Nora’s character development dramatically throughout the work in which she finally realizes the “Doll House” she’s been living in.

Written in 1944, Tennessee Williams wrote a play during World War II when people were barely making ends meet. Centering on the Wingfield family, the story consisted of five characters: Amanda Wingfield (the mother), Laura Wingfield (the daughter), Tom Wingfield (son, narrator, Laura’s older brother), Jim Connor (Tom and Laura’s old acquaintance from high school) and Mr. Wingfield (father to Tom and Laura, and Amanda’s husband)- who abandoned the family long before the start of the play. The title, “The Glass Menagerie”, represented a collection of glass animals on display in the Wingfields’ home. At one point or another, these animals then represented each character when they couldn’t accept reality. The theme of this play were about the

In the story The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, it is about a dark and dreary time, with characters who are trying to escape their miserable and unhappy lives. There are a few characters, such as Amanda Wingfield and her son Tom, who are trying to escape their predicament, but these characters are the cause of their own selfish misery. The two who are not as straightforward about their wants and ambitions are Laura Wingfield, the daughter, and Jim O’Connor, the gentleman caller. Escape can be gained through the mind, body, and soul as Laura and Jim come to understand during certain aspects of their lives. Laura and Jim are trying to escape their situations brought upon them by not only themselves, but by others too, which is why

The delays and choices of the Wingfield family are their ways of searching for a purpose in life. In the play, you can see the character’s attempt to delaying choices. However, you can also see how others choices have affected each other. The husband of Amanda, and the father of Tom and Laura left. The abandonment plays through out; however, it is more about his choice of leaving the family behind. You can also realize Tom’s delay of leaving by his nightly escapes. Laura is escaping anything that must do with the “real” world. Whereas Amanda forces her compulsions trying to make her children’s life choices, both Tom and Laura.

In Tennessee Williams’ “The Glass Menagerie”, Laura Wingfield, the daughter of Amanda Wingfield, grew up crippled with one leg shorter than the other. Laura parallels her defect with the fragility of her glass collection. An interaction with Jim, a boy from high school, reveals Laura’s own uniqueness by Jim boosting her confidence while dancing, kissing and complimenting her. Within the midst of dancing, they knock over her favorite glass unicorn and Laura’s reaction to the unicorn is broken into distinct parts. First, the unicorn losing its horn could symbolize Laura overcoming limitations to fit in with society or it could symbolize Laura’s loss of uniqueness. Next, the fragility of the glass could show Laura using her sensitivity to be changed by others or it could show that she is too fragile that anything can stop her from moving forward. Finally, the glass breaking may symbolize the opportunity for Laura to forgive and grow or just show Laura’s heart physically breaking. Although the glass unicorn is clearly a symbol for Laura, the symbol itself is shattered and broken into various parts, just like the literal glass is broken.