Amanda is Tom’s older sister. But most people thought Tom was the oldest because of his maturity, he's the only one with a job, and paying the bills. Without him the family is Going to suffer because Laura and Amanda is unemployed and the father of the house had left. Tom doesn't like his position. He wants to be free and discover the world and take risk but he can't because his mom and family is holding him back. He basically took his father spot in the family. It's his father's fault why he couldn't do what he wants. I believe tom hates his father but doesn't really show it in the play. When he leaves and says he's going to the movies, I think he lies and goes to the club to get drunk and have a good time and release stress from his family and the lost of his father. So Tom is stress and use the fire escape to smoke cigarettes to relieve his stress. Laura has a bad leg, on which she has to wear a brace, and walks with a limp. Twenty-three years old and painfully shy, she has largely withdrawn from the outside world and devotes herself to old records and her collection of glass figurines. She has problems and can't find a husband. So Tom tried to put her on with a Gentleman caller. That later backfires and leaves Laura sad. Tom gets in a fight with his mom once again at the end of the play and finally leaves because she tells him. I believe tom is going to be happy with his new like and have to not be responsible for others. So that is how he Changed, from being a family man to being a lonely man who does his own thing. Even if tom doesn't succeed he should be happy with the simple fact that he tried.