"Tom is distinctly shocked at her appearence. Even Jim blinks a little. He is making his first contact with girlish Southern vivacity and in spite of the night-school course in public speaking is somewhat thrown off the beam by the unexpected outlay of social charm."
Realism versus nonrealism is an important aspect of this play. Though the play is told from a nonrealistic view of a memory, it still contains realistic parts. Here, Jim is realistically described. Because of the unexpectedness of Amanda's appearence, he is thrown off, even when he is in a public speaking class. Another point in the story that is realistic is near the beggining when Amanda is talking to Tom but she is looking at his empty chair. This is portraying that Amanda is a complex, confused woman. An example of a nonrealistic part of the story is when at the same part, they are all eating facing the audience, not each other. The difference between realism and nonrealism helps to display the story as a memory, where the general idea is shown but not everything may be accurate.
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