This story was really interesting, although it had its ups and downs just like any great storey would. The symbols used in this story can almost tell a new story with in itself. For example when Jim breaks her favorite glass piece or doll, its not that whats symbolic abouyt it its the fact that at that point in the story she breaks out of her shy shell and no longer has to confine in her dolls to how perfect is. She feels as if she has just been given a new life and is so happy that she did it that the glass piece is the least of her worries. Also the fact that it was written during the great deppression in the 1930′s which means that women were really still depending on the men to be the breadwinners, and now laura doesnt need one, she is now content with being a new strong women. Honestly a really good piece of Literature.
The Glass Menagerie
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