Thomas Lanier Williams was born on March 26, 1911 in Columbus, Mississippi. He lived a traditional home and had two other siblings. He had one sister named Rose and a brother named Brian. His father was a shoemaker and his mom was a housewife who stayed home and cooked and cleaned. His father and mother were repeatedly in fights about their wealth. His father was a raging alcoholic and often fell asleep with his liquor bottle in his hand. As he grew up he moved from state to state looking for a place to settle down. When he moved to New Orleans he changed his name to Tennessee because Tennessee is the state that where his father was born. In the 1950's many things were happening that made life hard. Some of these problems were things that all Americans were facing such as WWII and the end of the depression. These two events are huge factors because when the soldiers came back from the war they were looking for the money that they were promised, because of the depression the government did not have them money that they had to give out. When this happened they taxed the families of America just like the Williams family. With these taxes going on Tennessee's parents got in many fights. His parents like all Americans only made about 12,000 dollars a year. As he grew up he was into writing. Tennessee's had many great works. The ones that were widely known though out the county were "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "A Street car Named Desire" and, "The Glass Menagerie". In the words of (It was one of Williams best play know to date, If not it was by for his most powerful play.) William Becker. This play has to deal with his own life more then another one of his play because he based it on his own family and his extremely harsh childhood. Another part of his life also comes out in all of his plays and especially this one such as him being a homosexual, and an alcoholic. This play is a great example of this because Magic or his sister...