Observations From Our Town

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Observations:
In the reading Our Town by Thornton Wilder I felt the feeling of being included in the audience because he gives us the layout at the beginning.
Another detail that contributes to this feeling of being included is by having the stage manager speak directly to us.
When he starts describing the town and how small it is it reminds me of Porterville and how nothing really happens there or here.
I find it sad when the stage manager tells us about all the things Joe is going to accomplish but ends up dying in the war.
Both the families have almost the same routine in the morning.
The stage manager and characters can speaks to the audience and the audience can speak back to him or the characters
The families seem to

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