The Glass Menagerie-Journal Entry #1 If you could change the outcome of the story‚ what change would you make? If I could change the outcome of the story‚ I would have allowed Laura and Jim O’Connor to get married. I would have made this change because then Amanda’s problem would have been solved‚ and Laura would have had financial support in the future. Another reason I would have made this change is because Jim O’Connor would have been the ideal man for Laura because he connected with her.
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The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Tom abandoned his family in order to pursue his own future. The play is centered around the theme of family starting with the father of Laura and Tom abandoning the family when they were just children and finally Tom’s selfish abandonment of his family who is entirely dependent on him. In The Glass Menagerie‚ family means obligations. This play raises questions of duty and responsibility to your other family members‚ and for the most part in gender specific
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“The Glass Menagerie” which is written by Tennessee Williams‚ is a play about a family that is trapped in a world they don’t want to be in‚ whether it’s biased factors or just the lack of being able to follow their own dreams and make it real‚ they are trapped. There are little things that exist in their real lives that help them to escape from the disappointment of their own lives. Tom makes it clear from the beginning that we are seeing events through the lens of his memories‚ heightening emotions
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The Glass Roses Day to day‚ people attempt to live unconstrained by convention or circumstance. Often the people around us hold us back from thinking and feeling the way we truly do; However‚ there will come a time when we will need to say what we truly believe. In this story‚ “The Glass Roses”‚ the main character‚ Stephen‚ is faced with the issue regarding his father‚ “a real man”. When faced with his father telling him how to live and what to believe. Stephen is a young man working with his
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Comparative Analysis) Submitted to: Carlos Rafael “Cean” Arce Submitted by: Denise Moradilla MOVIE: Cast of Characters -Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka -Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket -David Kelly as Grandpa Joe -Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Bucket -Noah Taylor as Mr. Bucket -Missi Pyle as Mrs. Beauregarde -James Fox as Mr. Salt -Deep Roy as Oompa-Loompas -Christopher Lee as Dr. Wilbur Wonka -Adam Godley as Mr. Teavee -Franziska Troegner as
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led to the development of the detective fiction genre and the transformation of “dime novels” into true literary works. Paul Auster takes the conventional elements of the mystery genre‚ and inverts them completely in his post-modern novel‚ City of Glass. In this way‚ Auster uses his work to satirize the conventions of the past and draw attention to the ever-increasing chaos of the modern day. Daniel Quinn‚ is simply a hermit in a vibrant city‚ trying to erase all aspects of his previous life. He
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A person’s childhood or past should not define who they are or become. In the narrative text‚ The Glass Castle‚ Jeannette Walls expresses the life of homelessness‚ neglect‚ and poverty in her childhood. The author uses characterization‚ imagery‚ and epiphany to convey the truth that the difficulties in your past should not have to alter who you become in the future. Walls uses characterization in her text to describe her parents’ personality and who they were to her during her childhood. Jeannette’s
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In the play “Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams‚ Tom‚ the son of Amanda and the brother of Laura‚ is an aspiring poet who works in a shoe warehouse in order to support his mother and sister. His only escape of the emotional entrapment he feels is by going to the movies and getting lost in the reading of literature. The obvious burden he carries internally for having to be the sole provider for the family (his father is absent) as well as the guilt of wanting to escape his life‚ is eating at
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The theme of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie is conflict. The play contains both internal and external conflict. The absence of Tom’s father forces external turmoil and conflict between Tom the protagonist‚ and his mother the antagonist. The internal conflict is seen within Tom through his constant references to leaving home and his selfishness. The play is about a young aspiring poet named Tom‚ who works at a shoe warehouse. Tom is unhappy with is life at home mainly because of his overbearing
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’Your father needs to see the mess he’s making of our lives‚’ Mom said. But when DAd got up‚ he’d act as if all the wreckage didn’t exist‚ and no one discussed it with him. The rest of us had to get used to stepping over broken furniture and shattered glass" (Walls 112-113). “‘This family is falling apart‚’ he said./ ’It sure is‚’ I told him" (Walls 230). “I lived in a world that at any moment could erupt into fire. It was the sort of knowledge that kept you on your toes.” “Why spend the afternoon making
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