Tennessee Williams was known to draw heavily on his own life and family experiences in his works, and his breakout play, The Glass Menagerie. The work highlights many of the tumultuous and labored decisions he himself felt as a young man. Learn more and engage students with these activities!
A poet; feels stuck in his shoe warehouse job; goes to the movies and drinks too much to escape his mundane life; wants to travel the world; feels obligated to his family; doesn't get along well with Amanda
"But I'm not patient. I don't want to wait till then. I'm tired of the movies and I am about to move!"
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Brown, messy hair; early 20s; in a merchant sailor's uniform in the future, standard working class clothes in the past