"I'm going to opium dens! Yes, opium dens, dens of vice and criminals' hang outs, Mother. I've joined the Hogan gang, I'm a hired assassin, I carry a tommy-gun in a violin case!I run a string of cat-houses in the Valley! they call me Killer, Killer Wingfield, I'm leading a double-life, a simple, honest warehouse worker by day, by night a dynamic czar of the underworld, Mother." (pg. 1247)
Even though this family loves each other very much, they also get on each others' nerves. In this example, Amanda is yelling at Tom for going to the movies every night. However, she believes that he is really doing something much worse. Tom is frustrated with his life, and he is angry by her invasion of his privacy. Laura is the peacemaker, and she tries to get them to reconcile. Even though Tom and Amanda get very angry with each other, they forgive each other in the end and fix their relationship. Amanda, as a mother, cares for her children very much and wants the best for them. However, this comes off in the wrong way. She wants Tom to be rich and have a nice job. She wants Laura to either be a successful businesswoman or get married. These are things that she wants though, and not necessarily what her children want. This leads to much of the conflict.
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