I found that throughout this play Tennessee William did an excellent job at drawing out emotional responses from his readers. I believe he was able to achieve this by using Tom as the narrator as well as a character. Tom narrated the play as a memory and described the settings and situations with words that enabled you to feel as if you were there. I found myself being sympathetic with the adult children of the play, Tom and Laura, because of the situations life threw their way.

First of all, I really felt sorry for Laura. She had pleurisies and had to wear a brace on her leg. When she was in high school, she was very self-conscious about the noise the brace made when she walked. She described it as sounding like thunder. This caused her to become very shy. Instead of overcoming her situation, she became...