My Hometown

Our Town by Thornton Wilder continues to be a timeless theatrical work performed pervasively throughout the world. This play remains a modern classic due to Wilder’s ingenuity in capturing the quintessential expression of the life cycle. Wilder segmented his play into three acts; each act broadly encompassing a different phase in a person’s life. The play presents the audience with situations parallel to the ones almost everyone faces during their lifetime. This, in conjunction with breaking the fourth wall, allows for the audience to feel a part of the performance. The title of the play itself lends to this feeling, for it is not my town or your town, but it’s Our Town. This play emphasizes the idea that in the grand scheme of things, all

“When you sit in your own country, your spirits lift and you are again truly back to the land where things make sense and your life has meaning” – Galarruy Yunupingu.

We then recognised ourselves the progress they have made, through our observations of Cabramatta and its jam packed streets of shop after shop selling reduced Maneki-Nekos, incredibly aesthetically pleasing fabrics sold at such little prices and the crowded buzzing dark lit rooms with overpowering smells that were Vietnamese grocers. We learnt to understand that whilst still unclean and regarded as unsafe, there had been a huge turn around of the once heroine hot spot to the slightly cleaner, multicultural infused lifestyle that was

What town act you live in? How does it look smells like, and sounds like? Do you feel comfortable in that particular city? Today, I'm going to tell you a lot of things about this village.

Where are you from? Where is your family from? How are these places important to you?

The ideas of food, culture and community are explore in chapters eight and nine, particularly through the ideas of family relationships and its strong links to traditional Vietnamese

8. Shared experience with a classmate, both agreed it was a great play that involved the quality of life.

Where I come from makes my life beautiful and brighter. On the corner of Barley Dr. and Harvest Lane is a place where I hold near

This is Shuchang Lou. I come from Nanjing, which is one of the biggest and oldest city in China. I am the single child in my family and that is a common phenomenon in new generation nowadays. My parents always encourage me to try different things, meet different people, learn different culture, and live a different life. I used to be a nurse in China for four years. My work is to take care of cancer patients in hospital day after day. My life was repeated every day. Now, I am in here in America! This is my adventure!

The environment in which I was brought up as a child, played a vital role in my life. Whether the environment being a small city with few hundreds or a large city filled with thousands, my hometown I will always remind me what I have become and how it has shaped myself.

Remembering where one comes from is the most important aspect of life. The poem Remember by Joy Harjo describes thise most meaningful of part points in life--, where one lives. With family, friends and emotion life grows and has meaning. People should listen to people's stories and remember where one comes from. The author uses imagery, repetition and symbolism to describe how important life is important.

The author is a travel expert in Southeast Asia. Her book “Vietnam” is about the useful experiences for every tourists when they plan to visit Vietnam. Janet focus on Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Nha Trang, and few central cities. The book has 2 episodes and included 30 chapters. It gives readers a background knowledge of culture, history, and local lifestyles. Each chapters takes readers on an introductory tour with stops at museums, historic sites, and local attractions. It provides the useful information for places to stay, eat, and get around. Detailed maps features and tourism contacts are also provided. This book is an adventure guide to Vietnam.

in this town. You may get the best hospitality as a tourist from the local people. There are lots of local cultural events and festivals; you may become the witness and take home their worm and sweet picture in your heart.

What is the purpose of life? Is it to obtain wealth, fortune, or become famous? Or do the trivial things in life, occurring everyday, make life grand and give life its purpose? Thornton Wilder attempted to answer this very intricate question, a question which plays with each of our minds once in a while, through his play, Our Town. In Our Town, he exemplified his view of life and what it truly means by not only reflecting upon life, but also, death. Through death, we learn what life really is, and what life has to offer us. It is not the grand and fine things in life, but the minor everyday things in life that truly make life worth living. When speaking of Our Town he said, “It is an attempt to find value above all price, for the smallest

For this paper I researched the city of Hanoi. I got the background information on it and then I researched it deeper. I found the research paper written by Geertman which went into depth about Hanoi and the developments .I read the chapters tat where assigned to us and I found that it was very helpful because it gave me an over view of the topic. The second research paper that was essential for this paper give different aspects of the development of Hanoi but also gave the public’s view which was very helpful but it also give a broader view of the development of Hanoi.