There is a time for departure even when theres no certain place to go, Tennessee Williams once said. Throughout the play, there are many situations where Williams shows times where the characters have to let a part of them or something go. Most of the Wingfield family have trouble relating and connecting to reality, each member of the Wingfield family goes into a separate world with their own fantasy. Not everyone follows the social norm or the status quo, everyone is different and thinks differently from reality. However, in the play, it gets to the point where some of the characters live in a total fantasy. In the play, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams shows the Wingfields family deeper. The Wingfield family has gone through many hard times, but the most impenetrable was when Toms father had abandoned their family. A saga of hatred abandonment, abuse, self-sacri
fice, and endurance, following John Lahrs article. He rarely communicated with them after his sudden disappearance. Ever since his father left their family, Tom has been supporting his mother, Amanda, and his sister, Laura, he began working at a shoe warehouse, which he hates. Over time, Tom realizes he wants to live his life, and not continue to support his family because he knows he wont be doing it forever. However, Tom would feel guilty about abandoning his family, since it is like following in his fathers footsteps, Tom believes its for the better or worse. In The Glass Menagerie, Williams advocates his opinion on how you cant always live your life like everyone else, sometimes you need a break from reality and have the freedom you wish to have always. This theme of breaking away from the real world and having freedom is an idea developed throughout reading the play.