A week before the opening of the play, the narrator replies to a message he sent to his sister. He says that he is afraid to be alone in the dark, because the darkness is like death. He tells his sister that the lives of the characters in the play are "lit" . The narrator is the narrator of "The Glass Menagerie," the protagonist of the story, and the narrator's sister is the protagonist's younger sister, who has injured her leg and has been unable to walk since then. They live in the shadows of the Great Depression, and they cling to each other to survive. Tom, the protagonist, often tells stories of the glories of the past and of his sister's dreams of the future. He also tells her that he will bring in a blanc mange for her. She is reserved and does not like men. She clings to her lover, the seaside, and she is envious of beautiful people. She tells her sister that she has always felt envious of her beauty, but when she sees beautiful people, she is simply moved by their beauty. She asks her where she has been going when she pretended to be going to college. She says that she could not go back up because she was awkward and fragile. She wants her to be beautiful and clear to the