" . . . and gradually it fades away and nobody's the worse."
"But it'll go on forever."
"Dad is never so happy as when he's looking forward to something."This instantly reminded me of Tom and Laura's dialogue when Amanda is about to tell the story of her seventeen gentleman callers. Well, obviously, this blog post is going to be a comparison to The Glass Menagerie. Happy and Biff's relationship with Willy is very similar to Tom and Laura's relationship with Amanda. Biff and Tom both want their parent to face reality and accept their dreams while Happy and Laura just want their parent to be content. Both Willy and Amanda have lost their glory days and are trying to relive them through their children. They try to push certain futures onto their kids that they just do not want, and that causes them to both fight with their children. They are also both concerned with keeping up appearances.
Also, both Mr. Wingfield and Ben serve as nonrealistic characters who act as the catalyst for the action by pushing someone to escape from their current life (I surprised myself with that one).
On a side note, am I the only one who thought of Billy Mayes?
Until Next Time,
Alysse
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