Act3Glassmenagerie

Scene 3 -
The scene begins with Tom explaining the current circumstances of the family. Amanda is focused on getting Laura a nice suitor, and thus has picked up a job as a telemarketer for a magazine company to earn some extra money. This money will help with the suitors who Amanda is now obsessed with getting. The scene then shifts from Tom's explaining of events to a quarrel between Tom and Amanda over Tom's lack of privacy. Tom states that the day before, Amanda had returned a book he was reading to the library without Tom's consent. Amanda tells Tom that she will not allow that "filth" in her house, which causes Tom to be enraged. Tom states he is the one to pay the bills, not Amanda. Tom starts for the door and Amanda tells him that she believes everything he does is wrong because of the fact he says he is going to the movies at night but in truth is doing she thinks to be shameful. He gets no sleep because of this and that may put his job in danger as well as the family and the household. Tom responds stating how much he hates working at the factory and also that if he were as selfish as Amanda claims him to be, he would have followed his father and left a long time before. Tom then storms out, and Amanda demands to know where he is going. He says the movies, she does not believe him, and he then states in a very sarcastic tone that he goes off to many criminal hangouts and such. He then throws his jacket to the side of the room due to the fact he could not put it on in such frustration, and accidentally knocks over Laura's glass menagerie. Tom goes to pick up what ever fell/broke, and we see Amanda's selfishness when she states to Tom she will not talk to him until he apologizes, but she does not even take note of the fallen menagerie. The scene ends with Laura crying.

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