Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams Tennessee William ‘s Glass Menagerie , also considered as “memory play ‘illustrates the story of a girl dwelling in the comfort of glass animals in trying to overcome the feeling of loneliness having been a part of a cripplingly shy result of peer discrimination . It is quite common to Southerners to have the sentiment of inferiority since that it was what the Whites had been instilling them over the years ADDIN EN .CITE McMichaelGeorge McMichaelJames Leonard Concise Anthology of American Literature6th2005New JerseyPrentice HallBreidlidA .BreidlidAmerican Culture : Texts on Civilization1st1996New YorkRoutledge (Breidlid , 1996 McMichael Leonard , 2005 .The characters of the play portrayed a family living in a simple world settling with the mischief of privacy . William ‘s way of elaborating the series of events indulges readers to internalize and dwell on the art of symbolism , like the glass menagerie itself . It clearly shows that a person ‘s self-esteem inculcated by culture and the universality of a race often affect the innocence and the way of living of individuals ADDIN EN .CITE WilliamsTennessee WilliamsThe Glass Menagerie1999 New YorkNew Directions Publishing Corporation (Williams , 1999 .Leading to a certain point that sometimes , frustrations caused by the feeling of being left out of what is common in the contemporary society leads one a victim of self-mediocrity . Sometimes , in order to fell accepted , one dives in foolish deeds and swallows one pride . The play tantamount a real life story which even up to date is evident ,having people prefer staying in the dark , than walking on the street with no face ADDIN EN .CITE EhrenhaftGeorge EhrenhaftTennessee Williams apos s the Glass Menagerie and a Streetcar Named Desire1985New YorkBarron apos s Educational Series6X (Ehrenhaft , 1985 .References : ADDIN EN .REFLIST Breidlid , A (1996 . American Culture : Texts on Civilization (1st ed . New York : Routledge .Ehrenhaft , G (1985 . Tennessee Williams ‘s the Glass Menagerie and a Streetcar Named Desire . New York : Barron ‘s Educational Series .McMichael , G Leonard , J (2005 . Concise Anthology of American Literature (6th ed . New Jersey : Prentice Hall .Williams , T (1999 . The Glass Menagerie . New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation . PAGE \ MERGEFORMAT 3…