The story "The Glass Menagerie"  was a great attention getter. This story left me wondering, what had happen to their lives and did anybody change. Amanda, who was the mother, personality was to over baring and annoying. She act as if she lived her life through her two children. She was always in their business and always gave them commands. Amanda must have became a nagging mother after her husband left her and the children. A break up can cause problems between the spouse and effect the children's lives. I think that is some importance unto why Amanda acts like that. She would probably be a lot calmer and settled, if she had a man in her life to help out. Instead she looks for a man for her daughter Laura. A gentlemen caller who has money and a nice personality.

       Laura, who is the daughter of Amanda, is a shy and impersonal girl. She seems to always be under her mother's wing and never stands up for herself. She reminds me of the quite children in high school, who people would never notice. Her character in the story did change from the beginning to the end. At the beginning of the story she was a shy and self conscious person. After meeting her high school sweet heart again, she opened up a little and gained some type of self-esteem. I just wonder what happen to her after the story. Did she continue being shy or did she move out on her own and become independent?

     The narrator Tom, who is the son of Amanda and brother of Laura. Tom character was a chilled person who just wanted to keep his life interesting. He was the man of the house and had a job to provide and support his family. Tom was like a ticking time bomb in this story. With all Amanda's nagging and commands, Tom managed to stay in the house. Most boys his age would have moved out. I believed Tom only stayed in the house because he did not want to leave his cripple sister behind. He knew she would be even more miserable and that she needed him. How would she survive when he was the only one with the job and she couldn't even talk to get a job. By the end of the story, Tom must have gave up and left his family just like his dad. He felt really bad for leaving his sister behind, but I guess he could not continue living in the house with his mother constantly nagging and commands. Overall this story was good and it kept me thinking about who would change, what would happen next, and trying to figure out how the title relates to the story.