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• Tom's patience


  Has worn thin
• Tom


  Is extremely frustrated with Amanda
• Tom's actions


  1. Deliberately lays fork down

  2. Due to intense frustration
• Tom's actions and words

  Make it obvious that even a simple task such as eating cannot be conducted without a nagging comment or critique from his mother
• Tom is unable to get away from his mother's constant judgement
• His mother's constant need to control him and treat him like a child


  Makes his detestment stronger
• We sympathise with Tom and his impossible situation
• Tom


  • Is a grown man
  • His current living situation is nothing to be desired stuck with his uptight mother and fragile sister
  • He is constantly on edge
• Tom has given up everything for his family yet they take him and what he provides them with for granted