Act5Glassmenagerie

Scene 5 -
The scene begins with Amanda criticizing Tom about the way he looks and the amount he has been smoking lately. Tom walks out onto the fire escape and begins talking to himself and the audience about the dance hall across the street and how the people who went there had the adventures that he lacked. Then Amanda joins him on the fire escape and they have a talk. They wish upon the moon and neither reveals their wish. Tom then tells Amanda that he had invited a guy over for dinner, possibly a suitor for Laura. Amanda becomes overwhelmed with excitement and learns all about him from Tom. She then prepares the house and Laura for the coming of Jim O'Connor. Tom believes that she shouldn't assume that he will like Laura because of her disability and shyness. Amanda then says not to think like that and reveals her wish, she wished for the success of her children.

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