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“Play is a process that is freely chosen, personally directed and intrinsically motivated. Children and young people determine and control the content and intent of their play by following their instincts, ideas and interests in their own way and for their own reasons. The child chooses when and how to play and this is seen as a biological drive, essential to health and well-being.”

This play is about the experiences of a dying school boy, it is a celebration of life and the power to heal through gaining insight.

Alex Libby is a teen activist who wants to stop bullying. He made a difference by being in a documentary called Bully and telling his life story about him being bullied, he also wears a shirt that says “I stand for the silent.” Alex Libby had his ups and downs in his school career this is a big problem in the United States and the documentary gave him a voice to speak up against bullying.

In Our Town, the play emphasizes quantities of life, which leads to appreciating everyday occurrences we go through.

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The script shows ordinary people with everyday situations that many people would be able to relate to on one level or another. The experiences on display throughout the play can be understood by those who may live in small towns like the one in the script or those who reside in major urban areas.

The play makes you think, whether for a split moment or a long time, about the idea of being aware while going about even the most menial of tasks.

What is play? In Oxford dictionary the definition of play is not for practical or serious purpose rather it an activity which is based on one’s engagement for recreation and enjoyment. Being a play designer my definition of play is it helps in developing individuals and growing with others as a part of the community. It It strengths the family, helps in developing friendship and relationship. It increases your leisure skills, self esteem and worth. It acts as a power booster, energies, relaxes you increases emotional, mental

“Play is the highest expression of human development, for it alone is the expression of what is in a child’s soul.” Friedrich Froebel

The Story to kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a book that took place during the Great Depression. The story talks about a town in Maycomb Alabama with Scout (Jean Louise Finch), Jem Finch, Atticus Finch, Calpurnia their housemaid , and later their Aunt Alexandra Finch Hancock along with the trials and tribulations that they encounter throughout the story in a racist town that is trying to change their beliefs of the people who suffer because of the community of the town.

Michael Patte, a professor of education at Bloomsburg University, talks about the change that happen to play. In the past, the play was an unstructured, open-ended activity, but today The play has become an adult-led and very structured, which has a significant effect on children’s physical, cognitive, social and emotional development, Michael gave some reasons for that shift include safety fears such as stranger danger, and crime, increasing time spent in school, and overemphasis on school achievement and structured activities such as sports. At the end he talk about the advantages of unstructured play, and how it is an important part of kids’ development.

Innate play should create an intrinsic relationship between the player and elements surrounding the play. Notions of play have evolved over time, and recently, play has emerged as a complex scientific involvement that inherits contemporary techniques such as mathematics and logistics. The play also closes the boundaries of sociology, biology, art, spirituality, geography, physics, and chemistry. To better understand how play functions, it is important to invite theories associated with a play, which helps adopt a ritualistic approach to understanding functions of play to the life of a human being. The incoming research will investigate possible theories that mentored Johan Huizinga in his text Homo Ludens. Also, the research will summarize Hector Rodriguez article, The Playful and the Serious which gives involuntary concepts of gaming. The research will prove that real play is one that is conducted voluntarily and not that from professional projections in arenas or theatres.

How do we define play within the context of education? This is an important question in the research on play. The word “play” is extremely complex with multiple contexts attached to it, yet it lacks a clear definition or role within the education system. If play is looked up in Wikipedia one will find over a dozen links to different contexts of the word. The Oxford English Dictionary (O.E.D.) provides five three-column pages of definitions and usages of play.

It is about possible, alternate worlds which consist of the concepts ‘supporting' and ‘as if' and which lift the player to the highest levels of functioning. This involves being imaginative, inventive, unique and innovative. Free flow play is about participants wallowing in ideas, feelings and relationships, and becoming aware of what we know. It actively uses first-hand experiences and It is sustained, and when in full flow, helps us to function in advance of what we can essentially do in our real lives. In free flow play, we use technical skill, mastery, and competence that we have formerly established.

Many experts credit its iconic character types, its groundbreaking performance style, its unfortunately enduring relatability, and it influenced many plays that followed it; with characters like Billy, the spent salesman; Biff, the high school athlete with a short temper and a feeling of not belonging into society; Happy, the younger brother who plays everything up; and Linda, the devoted wife who doesn’t blame her husband for the error of his ways. But this play brought up the very real issues of what goes on in our everyday