The Wingfield family is a family living in a world of illusion. They are abandoned by their husband and father sixteen years prior. Now forced to live a life they did not anticipate, each member lives in their own private world. In this world, Tom, Amanda, and Laura find meaning and comfort that the real world does not offer. Tennessee Williams is writing the "Glass Menagerie" to say that one should avoid trying to escape …showed first 75 words of 608 total…

…showed last 75 words of 608 total…her. Life is full of choices and every choice comes with consequences. Sometimes hanging on to the past or not accepting reality is easier than living in the real world. If one is to succeed socially and economically, he or she must learn to let to go of the past and move on to make a better life. Everyone has to learn from his or her mistakes and keep trying to make a better life.