Both playwirght and film, strongly depict the implications from abandonment, through highlighting the sacrifices made by individual characters, in The Glass Menagerie, Tom wingfield has to sacrifice his desires to fulfill his duty to his family due to the abandonment of his father. Whereas in Interstellar, the father sacrifices his time with his children to ensure they have a brighter future, his abandonment of his children is instigated by sacrifice and for purpose, while the abandonment of the father in the glass menagerie is done so out of selfishness and no regard for other family members