that it is very important to everyone in the family.
             Laura's remains a delicate person even though she is surrounded by the flights and struggles of her mother and brother. Laura does not participate in family arguments nor does she concern herself with supporting the family. "Like her glass treasures, Laura isn't particularly good for anything but gathering dust" (Patrowicz [online]). Because of Laura's physical and emotional disabilities, it seems to excuse her from any practical obligation from the household. For example, when Laura volunteers to clear the table in the first scene Amanda quickly replied; "No, Dear you go in front and study your type writer chart...Stay fresh and pretty! – It's almost time for our gentlemen callers to start arriving" (Williams 10). Financially, Laura contributes very little to the household, but does her best to hold it together emotionally. "Laura Wingfield has all the Gawky grace of an overgrown child" (Patrowicz [online]) Her childlike personality helps the three adults function, and with
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