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Summary: The Picture on the Wall
Review: Sometimes, the most important and influential characters are those that never come forth and make an appearance. This is the case in Williams' The Glass Menagerie. The absent father serves as an explanation and a foreshadow for why his wife, Amanda; his daughter, Laura; and his son, Tom behave as they do. The story has somewhat a dry line; however, it is not so much the plot but the characterization that makes this story memorable, introducing odd and unique characters that can be, unusually enough, identified with. Many who venture into this work see the characters by their surfaces only-a loony, demanding mother; a shy daughter; and an uncaring brother. However, this play requires a deeper look, a search for an explanation that reveals that the mother is not nuts, only lonely and worried her son will abandon her, just as her worthless husband has. She has fears, such as worrying that her Laura will become alone and unsupported, just as she is. Laura can also be examined, discovering she is not only shy, but is a victim of low-self-esteem, for her disability causes her to believe she is unable to be like others, never able to partake in the activities other girls enjoy, such as dancing; thus, she lives a life in solitude, for that is where she feels unexposed. Tom, too, with a closer look, can be viewed as a man tiresome of being treated as a boy, stuck in a world he is unhappy with, desiring escape to follow his dreams. A close characterization reveals the turmoil inflicted by the father, exposing characters with problems, worries, fears, and desires. This is a play about real life, a dysfunctional family who wants only the happiness that they cannot achieve. This, by far, is Williams' greatest work yet.
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Summary: Glass Menagerie Review By Trevor Barnabee
Review: The Glass Menagerie was a good story of human desire. The characters in the story were very much like ordinary people; They were selfish, selfcentered, and some hit quite close to home. I enjoyed the book very much but thought that it could use more information on the ending, not too much but some just to let us know more about the way the different characters ended up. Did Tom end up where his dad ended up did he regret leaving or was it more of a relief as he thought it would be. All and all it was a good book and I recommend it to any one searching for a little escape into someone's life who has it worse than them.
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Summary: it could have been a lot better
Review: The glass menagerie was not all that good of a book.It was really boreing.The book did not have enough adventure to it.Some of the caracters were really annoying.Such as Amanda all she wanted to do was give every one a hard time by telling them what to do.
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Summary: optimistic opinions
Review: How do I start? The glass menagerie shattered everywhere! It could just be the hype or my more 2002ish expectations, but I'd rather read the dictionary. I was looking for more strife and "great, depressing strugle". On the other hand it had a decent plot.
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Summary: Glass Menagerie rating
Review: This story was boring!!! I didn't really like the whole story because it's not the type of book that I like to read. The reason I gave it 2 stars was because it had a good plot to it, but it doesn't really seem like a book that teenagers are interested in. The characters come off like the author wanted them to, because they were suppost to be annoying and they were, the mother espically.
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Summary: okay
Review: I feel that this story needed more action! It wasn't as interesting as it sould have been. It needed more characters. It seemed like the person that wrote it didn't put as much as effort as he could have. I'm not saying it was terrible but it could have been alot different. Maybe if the characters did more besides being in the same room the entire time they're house. It should have involved maybe him at the movies actually telling what he was doing it seemed too lame not to be too critical and all. I think that the auther should have made it more comical made it where people would laugh it seemed too serious. Maybe that was the way the auther wanted it to be but I think if the author wanted more attraction to his book he could have made it longer more comedy more action more settings away from the house over all it wasn't the greatest It could have been better!
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Summary: The Glass Menageria is descent
Review: The Glass Menageria was a descent book but I wouldn't waste your money on it because its not very interesting. I am an action man so I really didn't dig it to much. If your into drama and like sad stories about a drunk or a crippled depressed girl who's mom keeps pressuring her to get out and find a man.Or if you like drunks that lie.This is the book for you.
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Summary: student opinions
Review: The glass menagerie was an ok book to read, but it started kind of slow, and had a predictable ending.
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Summary: gentlemen callers
Review: In my opinion, this book wasn't really that great. The people in this story were not very down to earth, and they were annoying characters. This story was not an attention getter in my opinion. Amanda, the mother in the story, always called Tom, which is her son, selfish, and in all actuality, she was the selfish one. She didn't want Tom to do anything that he wanted to do. She acted like she was all knowing and that what she did was the only right thing to do.
So in conclusion, i really didn't enjoy it so if you have another book to read....read it
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Summary: This was a terrible book
Review: First of all it was very boring. It just made me want to go to sleep. It might have been a little better had the author not made Amanda's so extremely annoying. She never seemed to shut up and the endless ramblings of the a few of the stories characters just make this one of the worst books I have ever read.
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