Too often, when individuals face life's challenges with the same rigid approach as in the past, they find themselves unable to evaluate their circumstances and discover alternative solutions. Robert Pirsig, in his philosophical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, defines this concept as value rigidity: Pirsig explores the danger of value rigidity and proposes a solution. To eliminate old ways of thinking it is necessary to review previous experiences and evaluate their importance. Over the centuries, novelists and playwrights have explored this concept by examining the struggles inherent in human life. In Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire, the character Blanche DuBois clearly displays Pirsig's concept of rigidity of values. Blanche's adherence to a long-destroyed world of pre-war sophistication and elegance preserves her past existence and allows her to survive in a foreign world. The way she reacts to the squalor she sees in Stella and Stanley's lives prevents her from adapting to her new world and ultimately leads to her destruction. As Pirsig states, the inability to reevaluate what one sees due to preconceptions leads to the rigidity of values. Furthermore, this results in failure to recognize the truth, a means to escape this trap. When Blanche arrives dressed as if she were attending a summer tea instead of the poverty of the working-class neighborhood of New Orleans, she personifies a clear commitment to bygone Southern values. Her complete devotion to the Southern Belle lifestyle prevents her from adjusting to life in a two-room apartment with her sister and brother-in-law. The sad reality is clearly in front of her; looks him straight in the eye, but refuses to face what's not right... center of the card... ams drama A Streetcar Named Desire, Blanche clearly illustrates the terrible consequences of a life lived under constraints of value rigidity. Blanche's rigid values, preconceived ideals and declared superiority imprison her in an imaginary world. This alternative world, built on the foundations of a rigid value system, makes it fragile and ultimately causes its destruction. In the play's conclusion, he collapses as he leaves the objective world behind and adapts the outside world to fit his delusions. His character's experience provides readers with a clear example of a life defined by rigid values ​​and a lack of true quality. Similar to Pirsig's illustration of the South Indian monkey trap, readers want to advise Blanche to abandon the act, forgive herself, and embrace reality so she can avoid spending the rest of her life in a mental institution..