Small Town Living

Big World Problems, Small Town Living Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire, the prototypical small town of America. Quiet, undisturbed, relaxing, and friendly describe Grover’s Corner perfectly. Of course, not everyone’s life style suits a life away from all the excitement that the world has to offer. Small town living may not allow for people to spend an elaborate night on the town in a grand place but it does give citizens the chance of growing close to a community that loves and cares about each other. Grover’s Corner resembles Colby in a number of ways. Where the two towns differ, results from the century long gap between the societies and their geographic region in the United States. Grover’s Corner and Colby compare to one another in daily life, love, and fragility of life but they also show some distinct differences. A typical day of a Grover’s Corner or Colby citizen might look very much the same. The day would begin with kids attending a school with less than 75 kids in each grade. Adults awaking to read the town newspaper. In the paper, they would read about their neighbors and see how the local businesses had …show more content…
Often, people fail to realize how special a life they live, until the end falls upon them in abrupt fashion. The author shows this by stating, “I can’t. I can’t go on. It goes so fast. We don’t have time to look at one another” (Wilder 62). The quote shows how a character, Emily, realizes how much she missed in life, after she has died. Comparatively citizens in Colby appear oblivious to how life can end at any point. In Colby, citizens have a false sense of security due to advancements in medicine. Medicine has helped tremendously by increasing the average life span, but it can’t prevent fate. At any moment the world could end, so one must live everyday to the fullest. Times can change and technology can improve, but life is destined to end and humans can’t change that