"Tom: House, house! Who pays rent on it, who makes a slave of himself to-
Amanda: Don't you DARE to-
Tom: No, no, I musn't say things. I've got to just-
Amanda: Let me tell you-
Tom: I don't want to hear any more!"
(Scene 3, page 1246)
Tom and Amanda's relationship is very different. Tom and Laura both make mistakes but Amanda reacts differently to both. Every time Tom goes to the movies, Amanda freaks out. I think Tom was trying to show that Amanda was controlling. However, if you look at it from Amanda's point of view, she is just scared of losing him. If Tom leaves, Amanda and Laura are going to have an extremely hard time getting by since Tom is the only source of income. Also, the emotional part of Tom leaving would not be easy on her or Laura, especially since their father left too. When Laura stopped going to business school, Amanda was furious as well. However, she didn't treat Laura as badly as she treated Tom. Laura sincerely apologized to her mother unlike Tom. I think Laura and Amanda have a closer relationship because they really do care about each other and they do the best they can to make the other one happy. Tom is more self-centered; therefore, his relationships with other people are very one dimensional.
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