Some families don’t function normally. Because of several reasons. One may be that a member in the family is not very open with their true feeling and becomes intolerable. Or there has been tragic things happen to them early on. Or they just do not get along well with each for some reason or another. In the play The Glass Menagerie Tom, Amanda, and Laura Wingfield made their family dysfunctional because of their problems …showed first 75 words of 535 total…

…showed last 75 words of 535 total…Because of Tom, Amanda, and Laura problems and incompatibility at home they made their family a dysfunctional one. Tom’s not being open causes himself to be bossed around by his mother. Amanda’s interference in her children’s lives and Laura’s problem being truthful with her mother all contribute to their family’s dysfunctional state. It seems as though if everybody remained truthful and open with each other their family could function normally.