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Glass Menagerie: Relationship Between Jim and Laura

In high school, Jim was basically your all around nice guy. He was friendly to everyone, and an example of this is that he called
Laura "Blue Roses". He was being friendly when he nicknamed her that, but otherwise they didn't really talk to each other. That
was basically under the only circumstances that they actually talked. The only reason that Jim asked Laura what was the matter
in the first place, was because she was out of school for a long time and he was just a little concerned like anyone that is your all
around nice and friendly type of person would do.

Jim was confident about himself all throughout high school. Laura was not. Evidence to prove Jim's confidentiality in himself is
when Tom is telling us about Jim, "He seemed to move in the continual spotlight...He was always running or bounding, never just
walking."(pg.61)

Evidence from the text to prove Laura wasn't very confident in herself, is when she says, "Yes, it was so hard for me, getting
upstairs. I had t...

Posted by: Justin Rech

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