Life Lessons In The Play 'Our Town'

“You don’t wanna go out of this world with regrets. If there’s something you want to do, do it”. After hearing this quote Peter, the over privileged boy, learns to cherish things more closely and to live his life

“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.” – William Shakespeare

Life is all about what you make it. More so now than ever, lives are taken so much for granted and the small things are so overlooked. Many lives are lived by the wrong priorities, in my opinion. Every day is up for grabs and every moment matters.

The Last Lecture shows that you should try and make the best of your life, no matter the situation and Pausch’s life lessons have inspired me to remain positive and treat everyday like its my last.

	Living is about making choices. The choices people make shape their lives for better or worse. Even the decision not to choose has its effects, often not wanted. But the individual who chooses to make positive choices and to act accordingly is more likely to see his or her life reflect his or her beliefs and desires. Usually the individual who chooses to take action is also willing to face the risks and obstacles that such choices involve.

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” I try to live by this quote by Charles R. Swindoll every day. I feel that this is a strong quote with a lot of meaning behind it and, it can be interpreted in many ways. In my opinion, we should see things in a positive way all the time. We also should do what we love every day because you never know how close you are to the end.

In Our Town, the audience is able to understand how love is a consecutive cycle. Throughout the book, the Stage Manager takes the reader through the love of two characters Emily and George. Thornton Wilder allows the audience to experience the lives of the characters because they are able to relate to the characteristics of the actors in Our Town. From the ancient times all the way to the twenty-first century Thornton Wilder realize what it means to love someone, and how loving someone can lead to marriage and as he learned through his life he realize what people are like in the world.

careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity,

The play follows the classic Christmas story line: the ride to church, the service itself, and finally the Christmas celebration with the family. Although it does not stay the same course. The play then alternates from the present to the children’s futures. This look into the future goes along with the theme of the play. The children are a product of their environment and the play fast-forwards to show how this dark Christmas affects the children in adulthood. An example of this time lapse would be,

Our Town...no not Colby, the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder reveals a certain simplicity to everyday life. The three Acts allow for a representation of three different stages of life in a small town in New Hampshire. Act I: Daily Life construes an image of mundane activities that occur in day-to-day life. It follows the lives of the Gibb’s family, Webb’s family and Simon Stimson. A potential love story begins to bloom in the first Act between the Gibb’s son, George, and the Webb’s daughter, Emily. Act II: Love & Marriage deals with the marriage of the potential love story of George and Emily from the first Act. The events leading up to the actual marriage accentuate the struggles of young adults leaving behind their childhood for both their

Yes, I agree that people are experiencing similar, if not the exact same, struggles that Happy and Biff are dealing with in the play. Has human behavior changed that much in less than a century? I don't think so, and that's why I think we see a lot of parallels between the play and today's socioeconomic paradigm. The post-WWII U.S. hegemony still exists today, so should it come as a surprise if U.S. social behavior hasn't changed much either? If we, as a nation, are still behaving the same, in both foreign and domestic affairs, as our predecessors, then should it be some sort of surprise that there are parallels between a post-WWII U.S. play and the current day U.S.? Our culture still has parallels with Greco-Roman culture, and that's quite

Life is short. It is a realization that can take years to realize, and even longer to affect one’s actions. Especially after a loss, the absence of this knowledge can cause many regrets about the past, and what should have been done. In his book Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury argues that being conscious of the fact that you only have a certain amount of time on the Earth gives you a better understanding of how to live life in a way that will leave the least amount of regret.

The story sends a message in regards to the life cycle, using Emily. The play begins the idea of the life cycle in act one where the town residents including Emily go about their daily lives and activities. In act two, three years later, Emily falls in love and gets married. Additionally, in act three, Emily died as a result of childbirth and lives on as a dead soul in the local cemetery however she makes a reappearance in the scene in order to relive part of her existing life. While reliving it partially out she was solemn because her life was not at all what she expected and she felt as though her life was lackluster and she did not use her time while she was living wisely and to her fullest. This leads to the theme that I believe Wilder attempted to execute which is that the life we have is very fragile and it could be gone any second so we must make the most of what we can in the short period of time that we

There is only so much time life offers to make the most of. Oedipus King by Sophocles, Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, all offer a great demonstration of why life is to be lived in the moment. Life is meant to be lived in the present, not the past or the future. It can only be lived by accepting reality, which allows individuals to move on in life to conquer greater achievements. Subsequently, owning up to the consequences that are caused by the decisions made in life, will allow individuals to forward in life. Ultimately, having the motivation to make a change in life may actually be achieved. Individuals can only move forward in life with honesty, which reinforces the importance of being true to oneself for the reason that everyone else is taken.

In conclusion, this leads me to believe that John Green, the author of this novel, proposes that even if you live one of the shortest lives, you can still live a meaningful life that includes many things like care, love, and many other things that would satisfy you or another person’s desires. Even though many people believe that John Green advocated a different theme or moral, the pieces of evidence that I collected from the book support my personal opinion and many others. Time may be limited, but it’s never too late to resolve your fear of