Common Family Bickering. Or is it more?

In The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, dissension fills the cracks of the family. The external conflicts are abundant and mainly occur between Amanda and Tom. Amanda and Tom fight over Tom's habit of late-night movie-going. They fight and the argument escalates. The argument transforms into an argument about Tom's selfishness. That argument is ironic because Tom works at a job he hates to provide for his family. The argument continues to push Tom away until he decides to leave the family. A point of instance where the conflict between Amanda and Tom becomes out of hand is when Tom breaks a part of Laura's glass menagerie, "It strikes against the shelf of Laura's glass collection, there is a tinkle of shattering glass."  (Williams, 1248). Amanda and Laura have a few conflicts, but they are focused on Laura's personality. Laura's personality coerced her to drop from business school and her personality prevents her from marrying or occupying a job to support the family. Amanda wants Laura to be successful, but Amanda struggles with Laura's personality every time. The dissension in the family causes the family to be split up and creates a sense of hopelessness for Laura's future.