In Our Town, the geography of the book enhances its message. Right in the first paragraph, we are given the longitude and latitude of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, which is where the play is set. These coordinates give us a lot of detail about the setting. We know that it is in New England, an area that experiences all four seasons. The seasons correspond with the theme of the book about how fast time passes. The spring corresponds with the beginning of life, while the fall corresponds with death approaching. Second, we learn that the town sits on old Pleistocene granite of the Appalachian Mountains, which is some of the oldest in the world. Third, the population of the town is 2,642, which makes it a rather small town. The small town nature
