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The Glass Menagerie
Key Concept Evidence In Play Basic Assumption, Conviction, or Doubt Reflection of Contemporary Culture
Men/Women ∑ Tom: "He was a telephone man who fell in love with long distances; he gave up his job with the telephone company and skipped the light fantastic out of town..." p. 278
∑ Amanda: "Girls that aren't cut out for business careers usually wind up married to some nice man." p. 286
∑ Amanda: "It's rare for a girl as sweet an' pretty as Laura to be domestic!" p. 317 Williams uses this them to accentuate the differences between man and woman, or at least the perceived ones. Woman are primarily homebodies while men are the providers and are forgiven for doing wrong. 1944: Williams' uses this play as a reflection of his family life when he was young, so he is over exemplifying the characteristics of the people he spent the most time with.
Today: Men and women are still primarily thought of in these respective fashions, but there have been many people to break this mold.
Individual/Society ∑ Laura: "He stays on a shelf with some horses that don't have horns and all of them seem to get along nicely together." p. 330
∑ Laura: "The horn was removed to make him feel less-freakish! Now he will feel more at home with the other horses, the ones that don't have horns..." p. 332 Williams uses the glass animals as a symbol of society. He is saying that one can be different, yet still be accepted by society. It doesn't matter whether a horse has a horn or not. 1944: Williams felt that although his sister was mentally handicapped, she could prosper in society.
Today: People have become more open to the different characteristics of humanity and accepting them.
Reality/Illusion ∑ Tom: "He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion." p.277
∑ Tom: "I go to the movies because-I like adventure. Adventure is something I don't have much of at work, so I go to the movies." p. 297
∑ Amanda: "So it is! A little silver slipper of a moon. Have you made a wish on it yet?" p. 301
∑ Tom: "People go to the movies instead of moving! Hollywood characters are supposed to have all the adventures for everybody in America, while everybody in America sits in a dark room and watches them have them!" p. 315 People sit in movie theaters, wish on the moon, etc. in order to escape their realities. Williams believes that people should not just hope for change, but to actually go out and pursue it. 1944: Williams's family members, as well as himself constantly tried to escape their tough realities. Williams is looking back regretting his decision to leave his family.
Today: People today still search for ways to escape their reality, whether it's using these exact same methods or doing things like drugs and drinking alcohol.
Social Equality/Class Distinction ∑ Jim: "Ask yourself what is the difference between you an' me and men in the office down front? Brains?-No!-Ability?-No! Then what? Just one little thing-
Tom: What is that one little thing?
Jim: Primarily it amounts to-social poise! Being able to square up to people and hold your own on any social level!" p. 314
∑ Jim: "But just look around you and you will see lots of people as disappointed as you are." p. 325 Williams is saying that no matter how low of a class you're in or depressed you are, everyone is primarily the same and that all one would have to do is believe and make a difference. 1944: Williams came from this family, and he created a name for himself and lived his dream.
Today: Although there are still some shallow views on people's race, background, sex, etc. there are many examples of people that have overcome these obstacles.
Restraint/Indulgence ∑ Tom: "Why, listen, if self is what I thought of, Mother, I'd be where he is-GONE!" p. 290
∑ Tom: "I paid my dues this month, instead of the light bill." p. 316 Williams wants to show how important it is to take care of both your needs and the needs of others. There needs to be a balance. 1944: Williams left his family before taking care of them, which is why he realized that there needs to be a balance.
Today: There are still many selfish people in this world, but there is also a great deal that looks out for the ones the love first.
Family ∑ Laura: "Tom, speak to Mother this morning. Make up with her, apologize, speak to her!" p. 293
∑ Amanda: "I mean that as soon as Laura has got somebody to take care of her, married, a home of her own, independent-why, then you'll be free to go wherever you please, on land, on sea whichever way the wind blows you." p. 298 Williams believes that family is important and should be well taken care of before thinking of oneself. 1944: Williams left his family behind at a young age. When he wrote this play, he realized that he was wrong and should have stayed to help them, just like Tom does. His time to leave and be happy would have come later on.
Today: Many fathers and brothers still leave their families behind to this very day.
Alienation/Isolation ∑ Laura: "I couldn't go back up. I-threw up-on the floor!" p. 285
∑ Laura: "Glass is something you have to take good care of." p. 328
∑ Laura: "They all like a change of scenery once in a while." p. 330 Williams is trying to prove that alienation isn't a choice; it is something you are pushed into. Yet, he believes that an isolated person, through personal strength, can overcome this obstacle. 1944: Williams blames his parents for his sister's decline into alienation, but he believes that she was strong enough personally to overcome it.
Today: Most people will find that if they have a positive attitude, they can succeed no matter what stands in their way.
Sickness/Health ∑ Amanda: "Why, you're not crippled, you just have a little defect-hardly noticeable, even!" p. 287
∑ Laura: "Yes, it sort of-stood between me-" p. 325 Laura's leg hinders her from performing simple social and human tasks, but Williams wants to show that this is something that should not stand between someone and their dreams. 1944: Laura signifies Williams's sister, Rose, who was mentally handicapped. Her sickness hindered her from doing anything great, and Williams dislikes this fact. He wishes that she would have been able to overcome her sickness
Today: Some people react this way to sickness still, but most realize that it will pass and things will get better.
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[14 May 2005|07:28pm] |
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ya this is my first journal in like.....a year. well overdue. and ya this is gona be almost all complaints. so im sure most of you will stop reading now.
1) problems with the boy. of course. whats new? could potentially lead to a break up. and if it happens itll be soon. dont really wana go in to details.
2) problems with friends. kelly, youre fucking up. you know i think that and you know its true. but it really pisses me off that you think this whole experience is funny. because guess what....ITS NOT FUNNY! you know that job youve been trying to find forever? not gona happen. i dont understand you. what the hell happened and what the hell is wrong. you dont talk to me. just because one person left you doesnt mean the whole freaking world did. there is life after loss. it happens all the time. deal with it. and taralyn...what the hell. im sure youre not as proud of this as kelly is because well....you went through the most. and im sorry it had to happen to you but FUCKING LEARN FROM IT AND DONT DO IT AGAIN! amanda if you still even read this which i dont think you do....what the hell is wrong with you? this guy leaves you THREE TIMES for another girl. he takes you to pleasanton and then skates away and leaves you there. he gives you a ring he bought for another girl. he cheats on that other girl with you. ya....hes a fuck up. fucking realize it. or else you deserve everything he does to you. but to add on to the end...i love my new best friend!!! hes awesome. none of you know im but i love him!
3) parents. whatever. thats all.
♥katie
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[16 Feb 2005|12:36pm] |
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im in class!!!! hahahhaha
oh my gosh...did anyone else think mr. reyes singing on the p.a. was freakin priceless? holy crap i couldnt stop laughing.
my valentines day was good. he gave me roses and a baloon at school. then after school i went home and got ready. it took me like forever lol. then he picked me up and we hung out at his house for awhile. after that we opened presents and he got me more roses, napoleon dynamite, the fairly odd parents dvd, and a little teddy bear with chocolates. aw baby. i wuved all my stuff lol. then we went to blue jeans for dinner. it was pretty good. and ya...thats about it lol. i love my baby. o...and i got him a bear and some other stuff and im gona pay to get his windows tinted. so ya. woo. lol.
alrighty peace homies. hope everyone had a good valentines day!
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[12 Feb 2005|06:46pm] |
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havent updated lately...again.
ive been working alot lately. worked today and im working tomorow too. haha i worked with princess today. we laughed for about 10 straight minutes just saying napolean dynamite quotes lol. and there was a dead rat in the basement and it smelled up at the podeum. everyone thought we smelled bad lol.
after work tomorow im going shopping for valentines day presents (again) lol. i dont really know what to get him. anyone have any ideas?
um...ive been hanging out with kassy and amanda more. so thats good. but ive been hanging out with kelly a whole lot less...which is bad. but...it doesnt really seem like she has time to hang out anyways.
me and ryan broke up last weekend. didnt tell anyone except amanda cuz i didnt really feel like telling anyone. we got back together in like a couple hours so i dont even know if it counts as breaking up. but he said that he doesnt want to hurt me anymore. which hurt me alot. but whatever. that was last weekend.
ive been feeling like drinking lately. i duno why. i usually only want to when im sad. but i dont really think that im all that said. maybe just stressed out and bored.
my dads gona buy me a car. most likely a mustang. but its gona be one in the 80's. unfortunately lol. but hey...atleast its a car...and a mustang lol. we were gona go look at one this weekend but it didnt work out. so hopefully soon. im still gona save up to buy my own brand new car though.
the matchbook romance/matches/other people concert is tomorow night! im not going :(. i hella wanted to go to that concert. o well.
alright well i guess thats it...adios.
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[02 Feb 2005|10:37pm] |
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o man people really disapoint me. like woah.
come on people....learn from your damn mistakes. and recognize that youre making one in the first place.
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[02 Feb 2005|08:30pm] |
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it hurts when you find out that theyre not happy...especially when you think that they are.
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[02 Feb 2005|06:03pm] |
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lol apparantly im stressed. i guess i can see that. i went to the doctors yesterday about my arms and i have exema (spl?). it comes out when youre really stressed out. makes sense lol. but ive been more stressed out before...so i dont really know why it happened now. o well. i got medicine and its going away.
ryan and i went to the mall today to get presents for his moms birthday. omg i hate going shopping when i cant buy anything for myself...i always see hella stuff that i want. lol o well. and ive made a decision. im gona save the rest of my money for valentines day...then prom....then after i get my license in may im gona get another job and save up for a car. cuz i dont want that shity merkur lol.
ahhh i wasnt suposed to work at all this weekend but now erin (who was working a double) is gona be gone so im taking her days. o well thats another 110 bucks. i was looking forward to sleeping though lol.
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[31 Jan 2005|04:42pm] |
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wow....ive totally ignored this for my myspace.
so lately has actually been pretty good. the new semester started. i actually did really good on my finals. 92 in math, 86 in con physics. i actually dont know about the rest except in band i did good enough to move me to first chair this semester. and i got my report card today and i got a 3.8. heck yes.
me and ryan are good. weve both been busy...he got a job at chevys and ive just been....doing stuff lol. a couple fights but not that bad. weve been hanging out as much as we can. we went on a date yesterday lol. we saw white noise. i actually thought it was pretty good. but ya...were happy.
the friends thing is whats not the best....still. tried to hang out with both amanda and kassy over the weekend at the same time. of course didnt happen. friday i hung out with amanda and dan and josh. kassy couldnt go or didnt want to...i dont really know. then saturday night i went to kassys house. amanda was suposed to call when she got home...but she decided to go to joshs house and not call instead. and while i was at kassys house the whole time i was there that bryce wasnt she was on the phone with him. so whatever. things arent that great with other people either but o well. i dont really want to get into that.
we kinda found out who that stalker girl was. apparently her friend goes to our school and likes bryce so she decided to mess with kassy as much as possible by emailing bryce, me, and ryan, trying to get all of us to break up. haha then she goes and tells me to stay out of her business. omg. really...what kind of psycho does something like that?
ive been driving alot. i drove to target today...and for the first time drove someone other than my mom or dad cuz ryan came. O WAIT! i drove amanda first lol. but we were the only two in the car and it was just through the drive through cuz dan was on the phone and let me drive his car lol.
alrighty well im out. i gota go do my homework.
( but just cuz i feel like it...heres some pictures )
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[23 Jan 2005|05:55pm] |
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does anyone know who kristine hayenslo is? its some chick that emailed me and kassy and neither of us (or anyone else that weve asked so far) know who she is. if anyone could tell me who she is that would be greatly appreciated.
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well...i finally gave in and got a myspace lol. so if you get an invite its from me. alex already was like "who is this?" so ya...if you get an invite its probly from me not some stalker or anything lol.
i went to the mall with my mom today. i drove! woo! i got some shirts, a skirt, a necklace, and two scarfs. i saw liza too lol. now im waiting for kassy to call me back if she can spend the night. hopefully she can cuz we havent hung out in forever.
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[21 Jan 2005|10:52pm] |
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yesterday was uh...interesting.
last day of finals! woo! i had math..and it was pretty easy. but thas what alot of people are saying..and then they end up gettin a c or something lol. so i duno. i hope i did good though...cuz then ill have a b.
after school i drove (woo i drove!!!) to my dads house with my mom. then i drove home and went to bed. during the final i started feeling sick and tired so it was good to rest. then ryan called and woke me up and we went to in n out. after that we met kelly and scott at fosters. we hung out there for a bit then went to panama and played risk. it was fun for awhile. then we went on an "adventure" to boomers. one round of go carts!!! me and scott had fun...but kelly wouldnt go. o well. then i went to ryans. we went to get ice cream then drove up to del valle and sat in the car and talked for awhile. i really liked it...its rare that he talks about his feelings. i mean he is a guy after all lol. then we went to his house and just hung around for a long time. it went by really fast though lol. and now hes off snow boarding again.
im free pretty much all weekend. i might go snow boarding monday with amanda, josh, and matt but i doubt it. and im hanging out with kassy for sure one day. but if anybody wants to hang out let me know.
dont smoke. i hate how you still hang around her and smoke with her...even after she said that she wouldnt smoke with you anymore to save your friendship. but she still smokes with you. so what does that tell you about her priorities? i dont get why you dont see that. i think that you should start understanding who the people are that really love you.
( just a little picture to show how much scott won by )
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<td>You are a sock.
You are a cozy, fuzzy, warm-hearted person. A lot of your friends describe you as a hopeless romantic. You fall for the opposite sex very easily. But be careful, because usually you don't know what you are getting into, and because you are very sensitive, you can get hurt... especially in early relationships. Also, don't exclude the cold-hearted from your "want-list", because they just might be looking for a kind person to warm up their heart.... or a sock to warm up their feet.
Most compatible with: Toilet Paper.
Click here -- What Random Object Represents Your Inner Self?
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had a wonderful day. i went snowboarding with ryan and his dad up at kirkwood. we had to leave at 330 though. i woke up to ryan walking into my bed room at 315 in the mornign and i was like wtf lol. so ya...it was way fun. only two major accidents lol. one was that i was jumping off some jumps and then fell and hit my freakin head. lol jk. the first freakin lift i get off of...i dont let go soon enough and it flips me around and hits me in the forehead. and then two was when i was when the toe end of my board dug into the snow when i was going down and i fell over and got the wind knocked out of me. but i had an awesome time anyways.
"why does everyone get mad at me for not working where they want me to work? would you like it if i wanted you to work at the penis...making....place. no you wouldnt!" -ryan
^HAHA just had to add that in lol.
i hope everyone else had a good day. but now i have to go to bed cuz i need to work tomorow.
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schedule for next semester....
1st period ap english with milanese
2nd period band with mcnizzle
3rd period history with perry
4th period math with debouver
5th period french wit fong
6th period con physics with oftedal
7th period computer skills with graham
thinking about dropping computer skills and switching math back to 7th so i can get out early every day again lol."
comment if we have any classes together.
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snowboarding this weekend!!! yeah!!!! anyone else wana do anything? im free sunday and monday.
ya nothings really been going on lately.
o i think a spider bit my eye lid or something. it looked puffy to me...but everyone else said it looked normal lol. it hurts though!
and i think im taking karate again at the place by pw. yeah!
( survey stolen from practically everyone )
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whos all going on the band trip?
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