Alana C

In Native Son Bigger is contantly trying to escape from his family and do what he wants to do. In The Glass Menagerie Tom has that deep desire to get away from his family, especially his mother, for good. They both ultimatly want a common goal, a life of freedom where no one is holding them back. Neither wants to be responcible for their mothers or siblings. In the end they both wind up doing something that finally seperates them from their families; Tom runs away and Bigger kills two people, one being a white rich female.