Stories about war, social change and even personal events that occur, can affect the plot of a literary work. A great example of this is The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, which describes a family who is concerned for their relative’s future. The Wingfield family is concerned with Laura’s future and her disability. She wears a brace on her leg, which gives her some restrictions in life. Her brother Tom and mother Amanda are worried for her, due to the fact the United States is at the end of the great depression and the start of World War II (Williams, pg. 1378-1379, 2017). Laura’s family is troubled by the thought of her struggling with finances and not having a spouse to support her. In this time, women had already gained the right to vote, but were still not considered equals by many. This made is extremely difficult for them to find employment, much less getting paid enough to get by. Her relatives try to find her a suitor to take care of her in her conditions. In the end the find Jim O’Connor, Tom’s old friend and Laura’s crush from high school. They have a great time at dinner but, unfortunately she finds out that Jim is in a very serious
Stories about war, social change and even personal events that occur, can affect the plot of a literary work. A great example of this is The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, which describes a family who is concerned for their relative’s future. The Wingfield family is concerned with Laura’s future and her disability. She wears a brace on her leg, which gives her some restrictions in life. Her brother Tom and mother Amanda are worried for her, due to the fact the United States is at the end of the great depression and the start of World War II (Williams, pg. 1378-1379, 2017). Laura’s family is troubled by the thought of her struggling with finances and not having a spouse to support her. In this time, women had already gained the right to vote, but were still not considered equals by many. This made is extremely difficult for them to find employment, much less getting paid enough to get by. Her relatives try to find her a suitor to take care of her in her conditions. In the end the find Jim O’Connor, Tom’s old friend and Laura’s crush from high school. They have a great time at dinner but, unfortunately she finds out that Jim is in a very serious