A quote by Rudyard Kipling, author of The Jungle Book, states, “This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.” Thornton Wilder reveals how humans do not appreciate the trivial, minute moments in life since they maintain the faulty assumption that they have an indefinite amount of time on Earth in his allegorical play, Our Town. However, Thornton fails to see life as meaningless, but full of meaning and value through routine activity and unexpected occurrences. While both 1 Peter 1:24-25 and Ecclesiastes 1:11 speak of the brevity of life, Wilder denies Ecclesiastes’ assertion, but supports 1 Peter's assertion through an excerpt of the Stage Manager's monologue in Act III and Emily's
