The connection that I found between The Glass Menagerie and Native Son was the relationship between the mother and son. In Native Son, Mrs. Thomas was always pushing Bigger to make sure he got a job at the Dalton's so that the rest of the family can have more income. Mrs.Dalton doesn't seem to push Vera and Buddy nearly as much, because they are younger are aren't responsible enough to handle a job yet. Similar actions were in The Glass Menagerie, between Amanda and Tom. Amanda is constantly getting on him about not going to the movies all the time, and that he is lying to her when he goes late at night. In both of these examples from each book, it shows how the mother (who are both the only parent) pressure the oldest men in the house to make sure that they are doing something well with their lives so that they don't end up like their fathers.