The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
"Go on, I trust you with him! There now - you're holding him gently! Hold him over the light, he loves the light! You see how the light shines through him?" (Williams, page 1281).
As Laura and Jim have a deeper conversation, Jim's purpose in the play is seen more clearly. Jim's purpose was to bring light to Tom's darkness. Tom has been trapped in a situation he wished to escape. Jim's convincing and timing of coming to the home gave light to the family. Just like the candle in the darkness of their home, Jim was the light in the darkness of the family. Jim perfectly showed up at the home when Tom had given up on living with his family and decided to move on to follow his dreams. Likewise, Jim was the light Laura needed to shine through. Laura trusts Jim with her favorite glass unicorn that resembles Laura the closest out of her whole collection. Laura entrusts Jim with herself and then he breaks the unicorn and tells her he is engaged. By breaking the unicorn, he is breaking Laura to pieces like the horn of the unicorn that makes the unicorn a unicorn. Lastly, when Jim and Tom leave, Laura is left broken from opening herself up to Jim and Tom whom she trusted.
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