"A little physical defect is what you have. Hardly noticeable even! Magnified thousands of times by imagination!" -pg. 1280
Laura seems to be the pivitol character in the play. The title "The Glass Menagerie" also turns the attention on Laura. The end of the play is Tom thinking about Laura and how he left her. What makes her stand out from her family is her shyness. Her mother is quite opposite of shy, and her brother goes out and drinks and smokes in social places. Laura is shy and insecure because of her physical disability. Growing up, she amplified the disability in her head. This caused her to shy away from being a social person. These qualities make Laura a sympathetic character. The reader feels sympathy for her because we all can relate to certain insecurities. Laura's insecurities causes problems in her relationship with her mom and other men.
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