The Glass Menagerie Abandonment Essay
In general, everyone prefers not to be alone. Everyone likes to be with somebody else. The abandoning of characters in a story influences the decisions they make later in life. It further develops the plot, leads to the climax, and, finally, the denouement. Many characters in The Glass Menagerie have to deal with certain circumstances, including the abandonment of different influential figures in their lives. In Tennessee Williams’ Glass Menagerie, he utilizes the abandonment of Tom Wingfield, his father, and Jim O’Connor to illustrate the different types of negative emotinal influences it has on the characters.
Tom’s abandonment was caused by his feeling of constant attack and complaint from his mother, Amanda. His mother always argued …show more content…
Tom takes his father as a role model even though his father left his family all by themselves with barely any support. Even so, Tom still wishes to follow on in his father’s footsteps.At the end of the novel, Tom narrates, “I descended the steps of this fire-escape for a last time and followed, from then on, in my father’s footsteps, attempting to find in motion what was lost in space” (784). At the end, Tom decided that he would follow in his father’s path and leave his family just as his father did. His father influenced his actions of betrayal towards his crippled sister and distressed mom. Furthermore, Tom’s father’s abandonment of the family has a deep impact on Amanda. Amanda realizes how the family has been without their father: they are suffering. Now, she believes that Tom will abandon them too. She tells Tom, “‘It’s terrifying! More and more you remind me of your father! He was out all hours without explanation!-- Then left Good-bye! And me with the bag to hold’” (763). Amanda explains to Tom how his father left and her fear that he is heading in the same direction. She does not not wish for Tom to leave at least until his sister gets married. Her husband’s abandonment leads to her way of thought. The abandonment of Tom’s father is one of the main influences that causes Tom and Amanda to think and behave the way they
Tom’s abandonment was caused by his feeling of constant attack and complaint from his mother, Amanda. His mother always argued …show more content…
Tom takes his father as a role model even though his father left his family all by themselves with barely any support. Even so, Tom still wishes to follow on in his father’s footsteps.At the end of the novel, Tom narrates, “I descended the steps of this fire-escape for a last time and followed, from then on, in my father’s footsteps, attempting to find in motion what was lost in space” (784). At the end, Tom decided that he would follow in his father’s path and leave his family just as his father did. His father influenced his actions of betrayal towards his crippled sister and distressed mom. Furthermore, Tom’s father’s abandonment of the family has a deep impact on Amanda. Amanda realizes how the family has been without their father: they are suffering. Now, she believes that Tom will abandon them too. She tells Tom, “‘It’s terrifying! More and more you remind me of your father! He was out all hours without explanation!-- Then left Good-bye! And me with the bag to hold’” (763). Amanda explains to Tom how his father left and her fear that he is heading in the same direction. She does not not wish for Tom to leave at least until his sister gets married. Her husband’s abandonment leads to her way of thought. The abandonment of Tom’s father is one of the main influences that causes Tom and Amanda to think and behave the way they