Tom Wingfield

Throughout the play, I found Tom to be a very interesting character. He was miserable throughout the entire play and for this reason, he went to the "movies" until 5 am every day. His reasoning for this odd behavior was that he did not get enough adventure at his job so he liked to experience that adventure at the movies. I found this to be peculiar because going to the movies and getting highs off of things that other people are doing seems to be very weird. Instead of going out and experiencing things on his own and creating his own adventure, he feeds off of other peoples. He seems to be a very unreliable son and brother as he constantly complains about having to support them, goes out drinking every night, and eventually turns out just like his father. Throughout the entire play, Amanda is trying her hardest to raise her children (although she is a bit naggy at times). At the end, it turns out that everything she was hoping for and striving for for her son turns out to be a complete failure. He leaves the family to support themselves and ends up just as his father did.