Imagine you are assigned to write a paper about Our Town and how an aspect of Thornton Wilder's stylistic or structural qualities emphasises an important aspect of the text / a theme / or message.
Write a strong, interesting thesis statement for this imaginary paper.
**Your post should be just ONE sentence long (albiet a long one, most likely), plus your name
Thorton Wilder's use of three separate acts showing daily life, love and marriage, and death emphasizes the important moments in life, shows how fleeting life is, and captures the true essence of life in every American small town.
ReplyDelete~Emily Van Laarhoven
Through Thorton Wilder’s use of the stage manager’s narration, simple personality, and pride in his town, the audience realizes that many aspects of the Grover’s Corners lifestyle are present in their own lives, and are therefore shown the commonality of the human experience that unites us all.
ReplyDeleteSusanna Sigler
The lack of the use of props and scenery in Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" allows the audience (or reader) to to be focused on the messages that are presented in the play, such as the importance of appreciating the little things in life, savoring important moments, and what it means to be human.
ReplyDelete-Katie Chute-
Thornton Wilder's portrayal of realism in a humble town along with his simplistic characters puts emphasis on the stereotypical aspects of suburban life and how a close-knit community causes future generations to reside in the town.
ReplyDelete~Andrea Bacon
Wilder uses a small town to depict the essence of time, the value of relationships , and the inevitable death of a human to represent the preciousness of life and the significance of each microscopic individual.
ReplyDelete-Steph Pierce
Akshay Thejaswi says,"Thornton Wilder's third part of the play shows how people don't appreciate life while they're alive and 'waste' it by doing everyday activities".
ReplyDeleteThornton Wilder uses the people of the small town of Grover's Corners to show that life is precious, and people don't realize what they have until it's too late.
ReplyDelete--Kevin Manning
Thornton Wilder's use of the stage manager to briefly reference to future events relating to the citizens of Grover's Corners shows how people in a community change over time and that with these changes, the daily life of the community will never go back to being the same as it was.
ReplyDelete-Jon Tsai
Thornton Wilder's use of the dead saying and repeating "They don't understand" forces the reader to reflect on their life and that of those around them, and makes them realize they are only given one chance and the daily motions of life in the small bubble around them does not amount to anything even close to what the brilliant idea of life is imagined as.
ReplyDelete--Kaitlyn Labich
Thornton Wilder's use of a stage manager, to reveal events that occur either in the past, present, or future, characterize the townspeople, and his interaction with the citizens of Grovers Corners; truly represents the value of life, signifies the important of an individual regardless of how insignificant they may seem, and portrays the importance of small towns in America.
ReplyDeleteThornton Wilder's use of a stage manager, to reveal events that occur either in the past, present, or future, characterize the townspeople, and his interaction with the citizens of Grovers Corners; truly represents the value of life, signifies the important of an individual regardless of how insignificant they may seem, and portrays the importance of small towns in America.
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~JJ Courtney
The simplicity and manipulation of time in Wilder’s writing emphasize the timelessness and universality of daily life’s simple details in which the power of life truly lies, unrealized by so many human beings.
ReplyDelete~Priscilla
Thornton Wilder's simplistic characters and manipulative time span represent that enjoying daily life is important for human beings because you never know what you had until it's too late.
ReplyDeleteTrey Taglieri
Throughout the play, Thornton Wilder's uses the towns clock, which rings in every act, symbolizing the towns life, its importance in the universe, and the way lives are influenced by the simple ringing.
ReplyDelete-Corrine Ahrabi-Nejad
Thornton Wilder's style of writing and stage directions emphasize the theme and understanding of the story, which is about how every character is connected to other characters in the small town of Grover's Corners.
ReplyDelete~Kate Sears
In the play "Our Town", Thornton Wilder separates the story into three acts to illustrate three distinct time periods in a person's life while using the stage manager to manipulate time and driving home in the end the point that the good in life should be cherished and not taken for granted.
ReplyDeleteHaley Hughes
Thornton Wilder's play, Our Town, describes the theme of his story through his stage directions and his use of a stage manager in the play, the theme being that within the small town of Grover's Corners, NH, everyone knows everyone.
ReplyDelete<3 Nolan Lescalleet <3
Wilder's depiction of the dead visiting events from their past life emphasizes how most humans don't appreciate the little moments in life until they're gone.
ReplyDeleteJames MAssucco
Thornton Wilder's use of fluctuating time between the three acts and the general setting of a small town define the theme's idea of how the world can be massive, but at the same time how small it can be in the tiny places like Grover's Corners that affect the world in the smallest ways.
ReplyDelete-Dan Digilio
Interesting posts thus far...most seem to be variations on a general theme.
ReplyDelete=LC
Wilder's minimalistic use of props during the play allows for emphasis on both the routine uneventfulness of the characters' lives and the profound, intrinsic message that the story carries.
ReplyDeleteKira Tsen
Thornton Wilder's minumalistic stage set up, simplistic characters, and use of time travel really emphasizes how each individual life has a story, and how each individual life can make a difference.
ReplyDelete-Maddie
Thorton Wilder uses the passage of time in each of the three distinct acts in his play Our Town to show how unfortunately life is sometimes taken for granted.
ReplyDelete-Kristen Gagne
P.S- Im so sorry it was late, I hope it can still be graded.