English II 31/10/11 Our Town by: Thornton Wilder Our Town by Thornton Wilder first takes place a town called Grove’s Corners in New Hampshire on May 7th 1901. Act II takes place on July 7th 1904 with a flashback. And Act III takes place in the summer of 1913 with a flashback to 1899. The rising action is the first romantic conversation between George and Emily and the couple’s wedding. The basis of this story is about a group of people that live in a fairly small town and they take life for granted
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Our Town “Our Town”‚ by Thorton Wilder tells a story about life and the people of Grover’s Corners‚ New Hampshire. The choice of Grover’s Corners is meant to typify every small town or community in America. Grover’s Corner is Anytown ‚ U.S.A. It is a simple place and this reflected in the physical setting of the play. Basically‚ Our Town is about Grover’s Corners and its people‚ particularly the Gibbs and Webb families. It takes the audience through the stages of life‚ in a simple way
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The sky is so blue‚ birds flocking through the air‚ it almost made forget why I was standing there. But yet this day felt so familiar. Kind of like my eleventh birthday....... all my friends were there‚ in my small house in Ohio. All my loved ones had shown up‚ even the girl I liked was there. It was like a dream come true. I still remember those days when I was happy. Times back then were good until that day when it all began. It was an average day there in Ohio. Dad went out to work to his office
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Q- Town planning is a science as well as art ? Town planning is a science as well as art .The art and science of ordering the use of land and sitting of buildings and communication routes so as to secure the maximum practicable degree of economy‚ convenience and beauty within available resources and time frame. If all artistic sense is forgotten in planning we start to build places that lack culture. Sure we can add an institution that may bring culture to that area‚ but the area itself lacks
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every day‚ for life is a fleeting thing. With troubles rapidly expanding in Europe and war becoming a looming reality‚ people were inundated with the negative aspects of life. To see Our Town was to escape from the negative and rejoice in the ordinary; it reaffirmed faith in the unchanging moral values of small town living. It was obviously the balm that audiences needed in the midst of a pessimistic and changing world. Through his play‚ Wilder tries to teach the audience to seize the moment and enjoy
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through the power of imagination or guide them to the realization of their potential. This is the case for the protagonists in “Circus in Town”‚ by Sinclair Ross and “Happiness for Sale”‚ by Jia Lynn Yang. Jenny in the short story‚ “Circus in Town”‚ lives a poverty stricken life. One day her brother‚ Tom‚ comes home with a poster about the circus coming to town. Jenny’s excitement grew with the possibility of being able to just catch a glimpse of the professional entertainers that she envied so
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A fictional character that directly influenced me was Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray. Dorian taught me to never let the influence of others deflate who I am as a person. Dorian’s trusting disposition was his true downfall. His looks only mattered to him once he had been fooled into valuing them. He taught me to never lose sight of who I am‚ or who I intend to be. The character Dorian Gray also taught me wisdom. I learned to determine who my real allies are before I allow the synthetic ones to betray me
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magic purse. I could teleported us all out of the store anytime I wanted. I just wanted to go shopping first. With that‚ skydived out of the helicopter‚ broke the ceiling of the Birthday Present Store (I know that sounds convenient‚ but this is a fictional story.) For the rest of her life‚ Cinderella never did things for herself anymore. She even made a charity called The Coalition of Really Really Useful People
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In the article “Kentucky Town of Manchester Illustrates National Obesity Crisis‚” Wil Haygood demonstrates how the dangers of obesity are rampant in small towns. Specifically‚ how their surroundings are contributing to the alarming obesity rate in this charming little town of Manchester. While Haygood depicts how the locals “celebrate the joys of community closeness‚” he also reveals how “it is one of the unhealthiest places of all”. In fact‚ he points out that an estimated 52% of the 2‚100
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in Florida‚ she was long gone. I put the map on the wall and began to reassemble it and figure out where she was going. There was a hole right on this town called Algoe‚ New York. I had never even heard of the place before so of course I looked it up on Omnictionary. One page popped up and I clicked on it‚ it gave a little description about the town but no clues. I went down to the comments and I finally saw it. Margo had commented on the Omnictionary page‚ she was Algoe and I needed to go see her
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