Tennessee Williams was known to draw heavily on his own life and family experiences in his works, and his breakout play, The Glass Menagerie. The work highlights many of the tumultuous and labored decisions he himself felt as a young man. Learn more and engage students with these activities!
In the memory, I can see the road flares as my brother stuck them in the snow on the hill.
I can smell the coldness of the air; more snow is on the way!
I taste the hot chocolate we brought with us in a thermos to keep us warm.
EMOTIONAL IMPRESSION
SENSORY IMAGERY
SOUND
TOUCH
This is one of the happiest memories from my childhood. Night sledding was a totally new thing to my friends and I, and to light up the hill with road flares created a cool and surreal look and feel to the hillside.
I hear the dead stillness in the woods, and the screams of laughter as we sail over the jumps.
Weeeeeeeee!!!!!
Watch out below!!!!!
Watch me, watch me!!
I feel the hard nylon snowtube underneath me as I sit down and prepare to fly.