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Our Town by Thornton Wilder Reviewed by David G. |
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Our Town is a play in three acts. The name of the town is Grover's
Corners, New Hampshire. The book explains how life was long ago.
There is no main character, but there is a narrator. The narrator
is also known as the stage manager, and tells the story as people
act it out. In act one, the stage manager introduces the characters. He explains the layout of the town, and tells about daily life of a family. In act two, 3 or 4 years has passed and the people that were in high school, are now grown up. Some are now married. Others are engaged. Two of the people engaged are George and Emily. It is the day before the wedding and everyone is excited, others are worried and upset. In act three, nine years have gone by. Everything is changing. Automobiles have been invented, so the horses are getting more rare. Farmers are moving into town, so the town is getting bigger. People have died and people have been born. Everyone is locking their doors and windows because of burglars. The rest of the book is conversations. I didn't really enjoy all of the conversations because they went on for about 3 or 4 pages at times. After a while, they became boring. I would recommend this book to someone with a long attention span. |
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