In Act One, titled " Birth and Daily Life," the author of Our Town, Thorton Wilder, demonstrates how people in Grover's Corner, Massachusetts go through a daily routine of chores. Dr. Gibbs is coming home from delivering twins, Joe Crowell Jr. is delivering the morning paper, Ms. Gibbs and Ms. Webb are preparing breakfast, and the children are getting ready for school. Act One also prepares us for the marriage of George Gibbs and Emily Webb. Wilder sets the tone for marriage by having Joe Crowell Jr. state that his teacher is getting married. Later at choir practice, choir leader Simon Stimpson mentions an upcoming wedding as he prepares the choir to sing at it. Act One relates to our daily stages of life because us as people have daily routines that we follow everyday.
             In Act Two, titled " Love and Marriage," the daily routines are still occurring as Wilder prepares the readers for George and Emily's wedding again. The act also shows how two teenagers can overcome problems and declare their mutual love. The stage manager makes reference to an unnamed poet saying, "You've got to love life to have life and you've got to have life to love life." This quote will change the mood for Act Three in a major way. Act Two relates to our daily stages of life because we will grow up to become married couples and show love and affection to another person.
             Although Act Three does not have a title, it is a major part of the play. In Act Three Emily dies giving birth to her and George's second son. At this point, Simon Stimpson, Ms. Webb and other deceased persons are reunited with Emily. Emily revisits her twelfth birthday as her mother has present wrapped on the table. It is a sad time in the play, but Wilder sums up Act Three by saying, " The cottage, the go-cart, the Sunday afternoon drives in the Ford, the first rheumatism, the grandchildren, the second rheumatism,
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