A Raisin in the Sun vs. The Glass Menagerie Essay -- Raisin Sun Glass

A Raisin in the Sun vs. The Glass MenagerieAmerica is known around the world as the land of opportunity, a prepare where you can follow your dreams. No matter how selfish or farfetched ones dream may be, their goal will always be available. Whether it be the sake of the woman of your dreams, like that of Jay Gatsby, or the hunt for something pure and real, like Holden Caulfield. A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry, and The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams, exhibit the various types of American lifestyles and the mark that surface among each character. The dreams between the characters in the two literary works differ in selfishness, and availability.Tom is a young man bearing the certificate of indebtedness of his handicapped sister, Laura, and his suffocating mother, Amanda. He works in a factory, and uses his paycheck to provide for the family. Jim, a fellow factory worker and former high tutor friend, knows Tom as Shakespeare, in that Tom writes poetry, sometimes to alleviate his suppressed feelings of frustration. Poetry is one of Toms methods of escape from the lunacy in his home. guess is something Tom does not experience much of, and is angst toward his less than mediocre life is expressed in many of his arguments with Amanda.Man is by instinct a lover, a hunter, a fighter, and none of those instincts are given much play at the warehouse, (Williams 64).Love, hunting and fighting are adventurous matters, and with Toms run of the...