1.Make a connection between Native Son and The Glass Menagerie.

My connection between Native Son and The Glass Menagerie is that in both books there was no father figure and they couldn't achieve their american dream, the Thomas family and the Wingfield family. In The Glass Menagerie Amanda's american dream was to be married and to be a good mother and wife, but since there is no husband for her, her american dream is not fulfilled, Laura's american dream is to not be so shy and since her mother is always putting her down she's never going to feel good about herself, and Tom's american dream is to leave, like his father did, and to do what he wants, when he wants. In Native Son the Thomas family only lives in a one room apartment, and Bigger's dream is to also do what he wants, but it's impossible because of his family's status and his own status.