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IOP FINAL WORD MY IOP TOPIC IS THE DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY 'THE GLASS MENAGERIE' The Glass Menagerie is a play written by Tennessee Williams the book talks about the hardships faced by the single women and how they care for their children. The play has four characters. Amanda Wingfield is a woman from Mississippi whose husband moved the family to St. Louis and abandoned her and her two children. Laura has been left disabled by disease, and Tom is a would-be poet. Amanda's

Jeanette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle. The Glass Castle tells the story of Walls and her siblings as they experience and attempt to escape the poverty-stricken lives of their parents. In her descriptions of her life and the lives of her family members, Walls influenced my ideas about poverty, homelessness, and escaping hard lives. Jeanette Walls’ The Glass Castle influenced my ideas about poverty by showing me that poverty can yield positive results. Before reading The Glass Castle, I believed that

In the story “The Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams (rpt. in Greg Johnson and Thomas R. Arp, Perrine’s Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense, 12th ed. [Boston: Wadsworth, 2015], 1136-1185), there are many symbols that relate to each of the characters in the story. The character with the most symbolism in this story is Laura Wingfield. The most important symbols in the play are the glass menagerie, the unicorn, and blue roses. Laura Wingfield is conveyed by these objects because they show

It Could Always Be Worse “If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim” Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle. This School year our class read a limited amount of novels. Of those novels I would say, The Glass Castle was my favorite. This novel that influenced me was a backwards, up-beat Memoir concerning Jeannette Walls and her family of five, similar to mine. However, unlike my family, theirs were constantly on the move. This novel remained my favorite due to its continuous paced events

Laura is a character who longs to find companionship, beyond her glass menagerie, although ironically, she is the one keeping herself from this companionship due to her anxiety against social interaction. Laura does possess the aptitude for companionship, but no sign of this comes until the end of the memory, at which point we as an audience understand the majority of why Laura behaves the way she does. By knowing the confinements of which Laura lives (in an apartment with her mother and brother)

1. What is the role of the glass menagerie in the play? What are two things it represents? What does the glass unicorn symbolize? Answer: The glass menagerie is a metaphor for a fragile life. It represents beauty and fantasy. The glass unicorn symbolizes how Laura doesn't feel like she is normal in comparison to others. Like unicorns, which do not actually exist. (20 points) 2. What significant internal conflicts in each character create the tension in the family? Describe the inner conflict

Ali Azhar Ms. Hess ENG2D7 June 9th, 2016 Forgiveness goes a long way in The Glass Castle The Glass Castle is a memoir told in the perspective of Jeanette Walls as she grows up. The memoir follows Jeanette and her family as they move from city to city in search of a better life, while also overcoming obstacles such as poverty and neglect. This memoir shows the everyday struggles of Jeanette and her siblings due to the poor decisions of their parents. In this memoir, while she is telling her story

People read books for many various reasons, like being relatable or fascinating. The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls is a book that many would enjoy because it is well written and interesting story. It has many good qualities such as; constant symbols and hidden meanings throughout the story, beautifully written and composed, and the real life issues that the story takes its viewers through. The Glass Castle is a very enjoyable and insightful read that I would definitely recommend for someone to read

In the play, The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, the protagonist, Tom, runs away from home in an attempt to find truth and meaning in his life. He leaves behind his mother Amanda and sister Laura who is crippled. As Tom narrates the play by recalling his memories he talks about the night when Laura has her first gentleman caller over, Jim O’Connor. Over the course of the evening Jim breaks Laura's glass unicorn and shines a light through it, thereby breaking Laura free from her own caged

Rex Walls was a very intelligent man when it came to science and the like. As said in the description of The Glass Castle, found in the back of the book, “When sober, Jeanette’s brilliant and charismatic father captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly.” When describing the area just outside of the fire as “the boundary between turbulence and order” (61), it was surprising that he didn’t explain the phenomenon scientifically and instead