About Laura in The Glass Menagerie

Laura Wingfield is a woman from the play The Glass Menagerie which is written by Tennessee Williams. Laura is a very unusual type of person. She seems to be in her our little world which she is quite content with. The main characteristic of Laura would be that she is really shy.  I think that her shyness affects her daily life. When she went to business school she could not even stay because it made her sick so she never went back. When Tom her bother invites Jim O’Conner to dinner at their home she would not even open the door to let them in the house.  I believe that Laura is also type of person that is always scared about something. Once she stopped going to school, she did not tell her mother and instead went out all day visiting different places. She did this because she did not what to see her mother’s reaction. While she was in high school, she wanted Jim to sign her program, but never did because of his friends. Laura would not go up to him since she is scared of rejection and judgment. This is only about two main things about Laura, there are so much more.

A little bit about The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay is written by Michael Chabon. The story so far is about these two cousins making a comic book together. Joe Kavalier is the cousin from Prague that moves with Sam Clay and his mom which is Joe’s Aunt. Sam Clay grew up in New York with his mom.  Once Joe got to New York, Sam got both of them an offer with Sam’s boss to create a comic book. They had a weekend to come up with their superhero and idea for the comic book. After the weekend was over the come up with the Escapist and many of other charterers for the book. The head men at the Company bought the idea of the book. Sam comes up with the story and Joe creates the drawings.  During this Joe’s family is in danger of Hitler back in Germany and that puts a stain on him. He also finds out that is farther dies from any illness. Joe starts seeing his father getting off a boat from Germany to New York.  Sam looks back at the time his farther was around. His father’s career kept him from being around all the time.  This is the beginning of the book and there is much more to come I’m sure.

About The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven is written by Sherman Alexie. The story starts with the Indian man going to the Seattle 7-11 for a Creamsicle because it was too hot to sleep. While in the 7-11 the cashier was races because he assumed that he was going to steal something He had a white girlfriend that he always fought with and they eventually broke up. He went back home to the reservation and his family was not surprised to see him. Living on a reservation, people do not usually ever leave. After watching TV for a while he left the reservation. He got up and looked in the ads and found the job he wanted. He drove to Spokane to get the job and he did. One day he when he was at work, his ex-girlfriend called from Seattle. She got his number from his mom and she said that she glad he got a job. She asked if he had been drinking because he was an alcoholic. Now he lives in Spokane by himself. At the end of the story he said that he knows how his dreams end. I think this means that he knows how everything is going to go in his life.

About Hills Like White Elephants

Hills Like White Elephants is written by Ernest Hemingway. The story is about a girl named Jig and an American man that are drinking alcohol while waiting for the train to come. While they are drinking their drinks they starts talking about the clouds and Jig thinks they look that white elephants. They try a new drink that is called Anis del Toro. The American man tells Jig that the operation is very simple and that it not an operation at all. After the operation they will be back to normally and live happy again. The American man continues to tell Jig that if she does not want to have the operation then she does not have to. Eventually the train comes and they get on.

From the very beginning of the story you would think the operation she must be having is an abortion. In the book they talk about the clouds looking like white elephants and in some cultures it means something about a baby. We can assume that the American man is older because he is called the man and Jig is called the girl. At the end of the story we do not know if she really does have the abortion or not but we all know that the American man wants the operation done.