"I'll rise-but I won't shine." (Scene 4)
Throughout the play, I feel like Tom is a very rude teenager. Yes, I can sympathize with his difficult position in life and his challenging circumstances. I can also empathize with his frustration with his mother, especially since he doesn't have a father figure to go to for a break. This situation is not one that anybody would like to be in, especially since he is stuck in a dead-end job. Nevertheless, I don't find how he treats his mother and sister as appropriate. His mother has gone to great lengths to be a support during his life, and he has turned to a form of entertainment contrary to all of her moral beliefs. He rudely yells at her and eventually walks out on the family. I do not agree with the disrespect he has shown his family. Curiously, as the narrator, he seems to have a much clearer mind. I don't know what has changed, maybe he became successful after leaving his family. On the contrary, I would expect some remorse for the way he treated them and abandoned them. I wish there was more information as to how the characters' lives finished.
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