Our Town
Our Town is a play about ordinary people doing ordinary things in an ordinary town. All of these ordinaries make the play quite extraordinary. No other play is as universal as it is; everyone from all walks of life can connect with the play. Everyone lives in their own little town, or if not a town, their own little section of a much bigger city. Every young man experiences what George Gibbs went through with Emily and vice versa. Instead of watching the play like you would any other you become a part of Our Town. The theme of Our Town is universal; it is the tragic truth that human feeling and understanding are incomplete. People never truly understand and live their lives to their potential. They can only see from one point of view their whole lives. They can never see the complete picture and all that they are missing. They are blocked by their own ambition and limited to their own knowledge or lack there of. This blindness is an ordinary thing that all peop
People are not ordinarily giving a second chance. Some viewers don't like these breaks from the seemingly perfect life at Grover's Corners. When the play ends you don't want to move from you seat. Thornton Wilder would have found the movie unacceptable. It has drunkenness, war and the worst of all, death. We later learn that only in death do these people understand how great life was. The play Our Town does this beautifully. In the play she dies and learns how much she wasted her time in mortal life. There is always a bad and depressing side to things. The purpose any play is to make you think and examine life and different social problems. This was, however, the writer's purpose. None's life or town is that perfect. Emily's miracle in the movie does make for a somewhat sweeter ending, but it doesn't teach the lesson of the play as well.
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