How does Williams introduce the character of Tom in The Glass Menagerie? Tom lives in a fantasy world of the movies he goes to nightly to escape the abuse he suffers from his controlling mother.

Tom is a responsible young man who adores his mother and sister and will do anything to help both of them.

Tom is an angry young man who has a toxic relationship with his mother, who controls the purse strings.

Tom longs to be on his own but is frustrated that he needs to live at home to help his mother and sister.