Reading Report The Glass Menagerie
If ever there were one literary work most strongly depicting the miseries of human life, Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie would be it. Throughout the entire story are thoughts/feelings encountered by people in real life . . . although the play script-turned-novel presents those emotions to the audience surreptitiously. The story is of three not unusual characters – Amanda, Tom, and Laura – in a family. Amanda, the mother, is now without a husband trying to look after her children. The curious part is about how she treats them: she wants them to go out into the world and ensure their prosperous future lives . . . but also wants to have complete dominance over any and all aspects of their current lives. Much of the story revolves around this contradiction – especially between Tom – now a grown man in his middle-20s ̵
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Tom Amanda, Tom Laura, Laura Tom’s, Menagerie Throughout, Amanda Amanda, Amanda Tom, Laura Tom, Jim Tom, Chicago American, Doubtlessly Amanda, amanda tom, laura tom, glass menagerie, jim talk, tennessee williams’s, – amanda,
Approximate Word count = 585
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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