Glass Managerie
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TS: Laura, like her mother suffers from the same disconnect with reality.
Ex. Fragile like her glass collection, Laura turns to weak protection whenever she is faced with pressure. Similarly to the Jewel Box, Laura is sheltered by one thing; her glass animal figurines.. Whenever she is feeling stressed, she resolves to her precious collection and blocks out reality. When Tom accidentally breaks her glass menagerie and the glass shatters "Laura clings weakly to the mantel with her face averted." Her security wall, broken, leaves her vulnerable once again to what she thinks is the harmful reality she lives in. Her glass managerie was also an escape from typing school. Once when Laura is told that she has to take a typing speed test, her nervousness overtakes her so she vomits and flees from the classroom. She never returns to school, however Amanda doesn't find out about this till quite a while later..