as her glass toys She prefers silence music and her small glass friends to real people Her feelings are pure but easily broken Her Fear of Reality Laura is afraid of real life She leaves business college because she is too nervous She hides from visitors and cannot speak freely When Jim the gentleman caller comes she becomes scared but also curious When he breaks her glass unicorn she says in Scene Now he will feel more at home with the other horses This line shows her acceptance and sadness Her broken unicorn is like her broken dream Her World of Illusion Laura lives in illusion She escapes from pain through her glass toys and music Like her glass menagerie her life shines softly but cannot survive real touch Her peculiarity lies in her beauty weakness and innocence In Conclusion Laura is peculiar because she is pure fragile and different Her limp shyness and dream world make her both lovely and tragic Tennessee Williams shows that in a harsh world such softness becomes rare and precious