The Glass Menagerie

Jim the long awaited “gentleman caller” brings the reality of the outside world into Laura’s life [page # 448]. Jim is very different from Amanda and Tom: In one brief evening he introduces hope, warmth, companionship, sympathy, and finally disillusionment into Laura’s life, which her own mother and brother cannot achieve in years. In Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie some of the characters (Amanda and Laura Wingfield) seem to be living in their own imaginary …

…we live for” at the beginning of the play. In a very short time Jim changes Laura’s whole life, now she is more confident than ever. Jim realizes that Laura is very isolated, which her family also recognizes but does not take it that seriously. In order to solve the problem Jim makes Laura more confident, he makes her realize that she is capable of seeing ‘the light at the end of the tunnel’.