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Paul Allison(Mar 24 2020 3:38PM):
Think about what each of them want, and what is getting in the way of each of them getting closer to their goals. Then think about the family dynamics, and whether or not the other members of the family support each other or not.
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Paul Allison(Mar 31 2020 12:25PM):
Reading this play now, with family confined to their apartments because of COVID-19, I feel some empathy for the Wingfields or at least Tom who suggests that he is in prison with his family, like they had ben sentenced to their fate.
Idelkys Checo(Mar 24 2020 12:32PM):
The mother worries so much that her children do what se thinks should be right ,but not considering what they want to do or like to to
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This explains that she has low self-steem in not accepting her children the way they are. She suffers because she wants them to be other people and therefore they can’t
Idelkys Checo(Mar 24 2020 12:27PM):
She quite wants to force him to be at professional and at a warehouse while he is opting to become someone else in life.
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This shows that even though people are asked to pursue education ,education is not for everyone whether or not it remains a better life condition in between.
Idelkys Checo(Mar 26 2020 9:52AM):
she explains how much sacrifice she has gone trough to keep her children and Tom is most likely her protection and support
Idelkys Checo(Mar 26 2020 9:29AM):
what I infer out if this paragraph, especially that sentence is that , since the mother previously was left widow , looks like the boy may be a simile of what the father was going trough with his mother before being gone of the house.
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It is why the boy reiterates that he would end up doing the same thing as her husband did, due to that , he says “I will be where he is gone!”
Yeanoor Chowdhury(Mar 21 2020 7:00PM):
the reason Lura quit because A boy in the class was making passes at her and she got scared. She was nervous in class and became physically ill during her first speed test. She was secretly saving the money so she could buy a train ticket to another city
Yeanoor Chowdhury(Apr 19 2020 12:11PM):
He is describing with details that what kind of man mom is looking for Laura. she wants someone who is rich and well settel down . Therefore, he can give a comfortable life to her
Yeanoor Chowdhury(Apr 19 2020 12:06PM):
This is shows her character and personality. I think it means whatever she does , it does not make anyone doubt her decision or action. she is strong . so it is hard to disobey her decision
Yeanoor Chowdhury(Apr 19 2020 12:20PM):
Tome stayed long time outside and intend to entertainment himself. He used imagery to discribed what he had did in outside
Aboubakar Dabre(Mar 19 2020 1:08PM):
life is made of love and fight. we do have to fight for what we need in order to go forward. as we know there is not fight without consequence. sometimes we have to go to back and repay what we destrided during the fight.
Aboubakar Dabre(Mar 19 2020 4:46AM):
the mother is also right. no one should go out at night. it is really dangerous. I don't know at what time movies get close. but I know that at sometime they donshow anymore movies.
Student Issaka Dabre(Apr 18 2020 9:47PM):
The mother thinks that the son Tom is jeopardizing their family, but she does not seem to understand that Tom feels a little pressured with all the responsibility.
Student Issaka Dabre(Apr 18 2020 10:00PM):
I think this paragraph is really interesting, because the everyone seem to be getting away from her like her husband did and now it the son turn
Student Issaka Dabre(Apr 18 2020 10:21PM):
She explained how she is really devoted with her children success and it's seem to be telling them what to do.
Fatoumata Diallo(Mar 24 2020 10:51AM):
In this part of the play the mother realize that how she was hard to her kids. However I can understand because she want to protect her children. Therefore some time you should leaved them experience their own lesson in order to learned from it.
Fatoumata Diallo(Mar 24 2020 4:29PM):
After done with Laura to get a man. she also want to decide what Tom should. Like every mother they want they children to have better future.
Fatoumata Diallo(Mar 23 2020 3:07PM):
This passage in this play show that her mother is making her to be in relationship. Because she couldn't finish her business college.
Housseynatou Diallo(Mar 23 2020 6:57PM):
In Tom perspectives he thinks the mother is more focused on appearance more than what's important to her kids.
Housseynatou Diallo(Mar 24 2020 3:34PM):
I this makes sense because this is how many kids feel towards their parents. It feels like you are oppressed about something. Not understanding might lead them to mention that the mother is the bad guy because she is trying to turn her kids ' live misera
Housseynatou Diallo(Mar 24 2020 12:40AM):
I think in this part the mother is trying to teach Tom about life and Tom thinks that his point is more reasonable.
Housseynatou Diallo(Mar 24 2020 12:29AM):
This how mothers react when they see that their children are coming to the right way. I understand how she feels right now I think her devotion worth something valuable.
Housseynatou Diallo(Mar 24 2020 12:27AM):
I can feel in this sentence Tom really realize the effort that his mother is doing for him. He now knows that his mother only wants for his best. There is gonna be a time in life when we are lost however a little bit of concentration may bring us back.
Housseynatou Diallo(Mar 23 2020 7:06PM):
I think Tom is taking this in a bad way but I think his mother is just trying to help them be better person and respectable.
ms Oumy Diop(Apr 21 2020 3:46PM):
I think in here he is just using metaphor but I think he was not at the movie, because the way he is saying all the program. I think he actually was doing something that is totally different.
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Maybe he was doing what he told his mom that he joined that Gang.
ms Oumy Diop(Apr 22 2020 7:09PM):
Now she is becoming a mother that any kids need. Talk to her kid make thing way better, because communication is a key that open all doors in a family.
ms Oumy Diop(Mar 22 2020 3:01PM):
it's kinda that their mother is forcing her daughter to be in a relationship and to stay healthy and have a great shape
ms Oumy Diop(Apr 22 2020 7:22PM):
I think Tom is just running away from the conversation. He did not want to hear what his mother is saying about Laura
ms Oumy Diop(Apr 21 2020 3:30PM):
It look like that Amanda does not know what else to say because she know that her son speak up. she is just thinking about herself. she does not know how her family really want
Kadidja El-Hadji(Mar 19 2020 9:18AM):
I like this part because I like the way the way the author use question mark to help people to understand more clear.
That can be true Tom was to escape from the really I surprise that Laura find this out because she is the only one who don’t like to express her ideas or feelings.
Denieris Marte(Mar 24 2020 3:23PM):
I unsterdant that the mother want Laura to marry someone important in society so the family earns more value and people look at her daughter like a respectful woman
Denieris Marte(Mar 24 2020 3:33PM):
Amanda an tom seems to have a pretty sensitive relationship in the point that they do not stand each other that much. but why is this?
Denieris Marte(Mar 24 2020 3:38PM):
the description of the setting on each scene was really important to know what is going to happens depending on where ech character is
Denieris Marte(Mar 24 2020 3:27PM):
by this I can see that they was lots of mans trying to get to Laura but I do not remember the word right but its when you're a woman and there are many mans falling for you.
Denieris Marte(Mar 24 2020 3:29PM):
Characterization, it shows that his mother was a woman who never took her words for granted because if she say it it was because it needs to be done. when there is a woman like this in real life everyone respect her without even doubt about her.
Denieris Marte(Mar 24 2020 3:31PM):
I think Amanda was not happy with the decision that Ida took on not going to the D.A.R and she feels that Ida lies about not going so she's trying to undercover the lie by acting worry about her sinus infection
Eros Montero(May 14 2020 5:11PM):
this is no a spontaneous no more now they had find a direction to focus on, what will possibly end up with all of the non-sense that they being having to go through
Fatema Rahman(May 11 2020 9:05PM):
Laura want to manage the situation this is why she is taking about the boy more details. because she knows that her mom want her to get a boyfriend.
Fatema Rahman(May 11 2020 9:21PM):
she want to decide everything that what her son and daughter will do. but she don't want to understant that her son and daughter do not like that all the time
Fatema Rahman(May 11 2020 9:22PM):
tom pay the rent of the house they live in and he got angry when his mom say she will not allow tom to do everything he wan t to do
Fatema Rahman(May 11 2020 9:28PM):
here tom has connection to his sister Laura. because he go out every night and come back at 2 pm which his mother doest like .
Abigail Zamora(Apr 19 2020 6:31PM):
I think that even thought he is not always agree with his mother he try to do things to made her happy but maybe is not enough for her
Abigail Zamora(Apr 21 2020 12:11AM):
I felt like the mother was just trying to talk well to him so he can tell her if really he goes to the movies or somewhere else or what he really does at night but he did told her so she gives attitude back
Celines Zamora(Apr 16 2020 3:28PM):
Amanda try to gives some examples to Tom and he understand the reason, why is important the things that he have in his life.
Leticia Zang(Mar 17 2020 9:22PM):
i think the girl start to make a reflection about what really important in the play and she starts to think what can be the following stage of the play.
Leticia Zang(Mar 17 2020 9:29PM):
I think the legend is such important in the play because it helps to the spectators to know what is the play is about.
students Ahmed edhah(Apr 20 2020 4:03AM):
Laura trying to persuade Tom to say sorry to his mom about what happen last night. She think if he said sorry, the mother will excuse him.
students Ahmed edhah(Apr 19 2020 11:30PM):
That's what any mother will do,
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That’s what any mother will do, if she have a daughter that didn’t like to finish college and being successful as well as the mother not able to support the girl financially. She will think about getting her daughter a man who may give her happy life.
students Ahmed edhah(Apr 20 2020 12:09AM):
I,m agree with you that may be a bad decision, but what you think is the best thing that the mother could do in this situation. I,m just thinking, because Laura couldn't success at education and her mother financial situation seems like a bad situation.
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Checo, Idelkys (10 comments)
She suspects that he is looking for something else to do behind her back.
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This explains that she has low self-steem in not accepting her children the way they are. She suffers because she wants them to be other people and therefore they can’t
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This shows that even though people are asked to pursue education ,education is not for everyone whether or not it remains a better life condition in between.
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It is why the boy reiterates that he would end up doing the same thing as her husband did, due to that , he says “I will be where he is gone!”
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Maybe he was doing what he told his mom that he joined that Gang.
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Which is important to know how to act before we end up hurting the loves one.
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I can imagine Amanda try to thinking and thinking how to solve this problem.
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This made me think that Amanda always used to say ‘Rise and Shines’ so Tom can wake up in the morning.
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Tom is always again his mother idea.
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After Tom wake up Laura ask him to say sorry to her mom because she is not going to talk to him if he don’t apologize.
Laura is leaving she is going to buy some butter.
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So, the store owner don’t like to see Laura buying ? why
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This happen because she is unable to walk appropriate.
But we see that Amanda and Tom run to help her quickly.
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Wow!! Even these Amanda promote him to said what he said, He apologize for everything.
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Amanda is reflecting from her behavior too.
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Amanda is being honest with Tom without him the house would not have a better economic. Beside him nobody out is working to bring money to the house.
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Amanda is feeling concerned about Tom going outside during the night would make him addict to drink and drink.
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Amanda is overprotective with her children.
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Amanda don’t want Laura to be in the house while they would be talking.
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Amanda is claim that quiet because have always strong ideas or opinions.
Something they know better that others.
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I also support Laura idea, TOM life see like everything is a routine nothing new happen that make him unhappy. Maybe he is tired of the environment.
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That see like they don’t have a strong communication as a family.
That why they don’t understand each other.
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I also believe that their father departure affect the family situation, no only economically but also sentimentally.
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That can be true Tom was to escape from the really I surprise that Laura find this out because she is the only one who don’t like to express her ideas or feelings.
Tom is tired of his life.
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We can see conflict between the family
the communication is so important make the family more resistible and together.
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I feel like Tom just work for obligation not because he enjoy his job.
I also believe that he want to be free that why he mentioned the word adventure.
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Even these she reflect about her behavior last time she is keep doing the same thing giving attitude to Tom.
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With Tom words
May me think if Laura is older that Tom? since he is said that he is a young men.
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is Christianity their religion ?
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Yes I also believe that Laura is a home girl that why she don’t like to interact with new people.
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I guess that Amanda relationship with her husband weren’t not that strong either because what Amanda said the communication didn’t happen to them.
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I feel like Amanda know that one day Tom is going to leave their home ?
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Amanda is more worry about Laura because she is a women.
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Amanda is a persistent mother or person she don’t give up easily.
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Amanda try to be the leader in the house when I believe that Tom should also have a voice in the house.
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that see like Tom is the only one who bring money to the house, since he is the only men too.
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I kind of feel that Amanda like to determine or choose their sons future.
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I wonder what position Ms. Amanda Wingfield maybe have on the D.A.R organization.
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One of her option to solve this problems was start to call mans with high position so Laura would met a different style of live.
I kind of feel that Amanda care more about fortune.
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Laura care about her brother
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Mom is worry about Laura future status that why she is getting focus to find someone for her.
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So, Tom drink very single night after work and he keep saying I going to the movies.
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I believe that Tom is unhappy with his mother attitude
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Amanda want to intervene on Tom future decision too.
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Is evident that Amanda have some same characteristic with Tom.
They easy lost their patience and get angry
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So Amanda and Tom end mad between each other.
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I don’t know how Tom support by just sleeping three hours every single day.
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Laura was not the only one who have being lied to Amanda after all.
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Amanda make Tom the responsible of the family economic.
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I don’t think Tom like his job.
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The salary is pretty low considerate that he earn sixty-five dollars a month.
Wingfield family qualify for a working class.
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Amanda end mad so she decide to don’t talk to Tom into he say sorry to her.
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I believe that Tom is lied to his mother since she is trying to make him mad.
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They are using a Spanish word
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Put someone or something into a situation in which there is a danger of loss, harm, or failure.
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she taking really serious about to find a(good) husband for her daughter
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do he left? is she worried about Tom?
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