Authors always have to make choices when writing literature. Thus, in The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee William chooses to create Amanda as a character to serve the purpose of preparing her children, Tom and Laura, for what the future may bring, in hopes of preventing the same shock that her life has caused her. Amanda¡¦s character brings out one of the most prominent and urgent themes of The Glass Menagerie, which is the difficulty people …showed first 75 words of 1894 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1894 total…to keep her small family together, but spirited by her memories, she was willing to accept the struggle in preparing each one for what the future was to bring. Despite Amanda¡¦s displacement in the society, she relentlessly forewarns Tom to prepare for the future, while at the same time struggling to try to plan for Laura¡¦s future so that both her children can find happiness and peace in their lives unlike her own.