The Glass Menagerie scenes 1 and 2 - Foreshadowing

In the introduction to Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, the author gives an insight into each of the characters. Williams reveals that Amanda's live is paranoia...boy is that true(!) but more on that later. I found it interesting that Williams described the other characters in relation to Amanda even though Tom narrates the story. Perhaps, this suggests that the story is truly about Amanda and not Tom. In the opening of the play, it is fairly evident that Amanda puts plenty of pressure on her children. For example, Tom feels the need to escape for a smoke frequently. Also, Laura was pressured to go to business college which obviously did not work out very well. I am going to be completely honest: before I read the play, I thought Laura's crippled leg was rather severe, so when a stage direction said, "She flounces girlishly toward the kitchenette" I was fairly confused. Once I overcame my initial impression of her handicap, the rest of the play had much less confusion. Although I have read further into the play, I did make an initial note of potential foreshadowing in scene two. When Amanda asked if Laura ever liked a boy, I thought that Laura's response of the boy that called her Blue Roses could be a potential gentleman caller. To my enjoyment, I was correct, well sorta, that this man was a caller for Laura.