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Glass Menagerie: Relationship Between Jim and
Laura
Essay submitted by Sarah
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 that brace on my leg - it
clumped so loud!...I had to go clumping all the way up the aisle with everyone
watching!"(pg.94)
Jim was always in the company of others. Evidence of this is, "He seemed to move in a
continual spotlight. He was a star in basketball, captain of the debating club, president
of the senior class and the glee club and he sang the male lead in the annual light
operas."(pg.61) Laura was the exact opposite of him. She was a bit of a wallflower.
She did not like being around...
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