"Families" - A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

<Tab/>Families are all the members of a household under one roof according to Dictionary.com. Families have been around since the beginning of time. Families are there so you have someone to get help with when things are hard. The support given to us by our families shapes our ideas and values. Families can come in all shapes and sizes such as they could be a club or they could …

…lt;Tab/>Overall, families are there so people can survive. The families in these plays are centered on the mothers. The mothers are the most influential person in their children's lives and they lead their lives through their children. Between the children and their mothers, they make up the family. Lena "Mama" Younger and Amanda Wingfield are similar and different in many ways such as caring for their kids, domestic status, and goals.