The Glass Menagerie Scenes/ Simile

"...fingers that soothe and caress like strains of music, bodies as powerful as Etruscan sculpture."  This is an example of a simile said by Tom in "The Glass Menagerie."  Tom was comparing bodies to Etruscan sculpture.  In this story, Tom and his mother, Amanda, do not exactly get along.  I think this is for many reasons.  However, when Tom was younger, his father left him, his sister, and his mother.  I think this has much to do with how they all act toward each other.  Amanda is so worried that Tom is going to become like his father, an alcoholic, and just leave their family.  Tom hates how his mother bosses him around all the time and always tries to tell him what to do.  I also think that Laura is very affected by their fighting.  A couple times in the story, she is referred to as a "cripple."  However, I think this has nothing to do with how quite and socially awkward she is.  I think the fighting really gets to Laura, and so she basically has become a mute and is scared of getting hurt.