In Thornton Wilder's play entitled Our Town, the Stage Manager argues that everyday life has more importance than the major events historians remember and the archaeologist dig up. Clearly, the Stage Manager made strong, yet an argumentative claim. In this essay, Our Town will be addressed, along with evidence proving the Stage Manager's claim accurate, and counterclaims from many different resources. First, “Our Town” is a 1938 three-act play that tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens, and these everyday events soon become worth more than just a boring day to the people that die about 60 years after the time the play “took place”. In
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“Let me encourage you to get up every day and focus on what you do have in life. Be thankful for the blessings of the little things, even when you don't get what you expect” (John Wooden). This very important because this quote is from a random person on the Santa Monica Pier. This quote is also important because actually 92% of people agreed with the stage manager much like John. “Live, so you do not have to look back and say: 'God, how I have wasted my life'” (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross). This is important because this was a quote from Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, who was also apart of the Santa Monica Pier survey. Elisabeth quote shows the importance of living in the moment. In conclusion majority of people agree that little things have greater things than large …show more content…
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking” (Marcus Aurelius). This is important because Marcus, a young man believes that you should not have to spend large amounts of money to do “fun” things, because you can always just be happy with what you have in life. However many people disagree and just buy their children and family material things to make up for missed quality time. “Material things do not necessarily bring you happiness. That is a fact of life. It is a hard fact to understand sometimes, especially in a society that tries very hard to teach you otherwise” (Brainy Quotes). This quote is a rebuttal of the counterclaim because it is a proven fact that this claim is true. This is also important because children, and other parts of family, and pretty much everyone loves materialistic things (TV’s, clothes, phones,ect.), however in the long run when family is no longer present, oneself will regret not spending quality time together and wish oneself would have lived in the
“Let me encourage you to get up every day and focus on what you do have in life. Be thankful for the blessings of the little things, even when you don't get what you expect” (John Wooden). This very important because this quote is from a random person on the Santa Monica Pier. This quote is also important because actually 92% of people agreed with the stage manager much like John. “Live, so you do not have to look back and say: 'God, how I have wasted my life'” (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross). This is important because this was a quote from Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, who was also apart of the Santa Monica Pier survey. Elisabeth quote shows the importance of living in the moment. In conclusion majority of people agree that little things have greater things than large …show more content…
“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking” (Marcus Aurelius). This is important because Marcus, a young man believes that you should not have to spend large amounts of money to do “fun” things, because you can always just be happy with what you have in life. However many people disagree and just buy their children and family material things to make up for missed quality time. “Material things do not necessarily bring you happiness. That is a fact of life. It is a hard fact to understand sometimes, especially in a society that tries very hard to teach you otherwise” (Brainy Quotes). This quote is a rebuttal of the counterclaim because it is a proven fact that this claim is true. This is also important because children, and other parts of family, and pretty much everyone loves materialistic things (TV’s, clothes, phones,ect.), however in the long run when family is no longer present, oneself will regret not spending quality time together and wish oneself would have lived in the