Small Town Living Both Colby and Our Town are both small towns, but they both have their differences. Our Town has a population “within the city limits: 2, 640” (Wilder 15) and colby has a population of 5,419. Our Town is a little bit smaller than Colby, but they both show similar characteristics. In small towns everyone knows almost everyone who lives there. This can be good and bad because with everyone knowing each other, news spread like a wildfire. If people do something big everyone will know about it usually within the next week. Everyone knowing each other means that everyone helps others in time of need. A big part of this is the many churches around town. A big part of the community is everyone attending church. In both towns there
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This is the case for love and marriage in Our Town and Colby. Marriage has always been more about the girl than the guy. The girl gets all fancy with her hair and nails done and a fancy dress. She has all her girl friends spend the day with her before the ceremony and they get ready together. Where the guy does dress up in a tuxedo but it’s never as important as the girl and her dress. The girls get ready all morning and “the groom can’t see his bride on his wedding day, not until he sees her in church” (Wilder 36). This is the same for Our Town and Colby. It’s a tradition in most places that the groom doesn’t see his bride until they walk into the wedding ceremony. In Our Town you could wait more than just that day to see your bride. Some met their spouse on the day of the wedding as they were walking down the aisle. In Colby this never happens, people usually date their spouse for at least six months before they get engaged and married. …show more content…
This can be bad and good. With everyone knowing each other news spread very fast and everyone knows everything about each other. The advantage with small towns is that everyone helps each other in times of need. These things are true for all towns but not all small towns are the same. For example, in Colby and Our Town people’s way of life is different. In Our Town people are asleep by 8:30 so that they can wake up early the next morning and go to school and work. In Colby people are up at all hours of the night doing things. In Colby and Our Town marriage traditions are also the same. Grooms can’t see their bride until they enter the church on the wedding day. With this being said it is evident that the wedding day is more important for the girl than the guy. Girls wear a big dress and do their nails and hair, while guys wear a tux and then return it after the wedding is over. People in Our Town sometimes marry people they don’t know but in Colby people don’t do that. They date their spouse for at least six months before getting married. Our Town and Colby have one thing in common that will probably never change. This is the fact that people live their whole life to look back and realize that they didn’t have as much time as they thought. People realize they should have spent their time doing something better. END
This is the case for love and marriage in Our Town and Colby. Marriage has always been more about the girl than the guy. The girl gets all fancy with her hair and nails done and a fancy dress. She has all her girl friends spend the day with her before the ceremony and they get ready together. Where the guy does dress up in a tuxedo but it’s never as important as the girl and her dress. The girls get ready all morning and “the groom can’t see his bride on his wedding day, not until he sees her in church” (Wilder 36). This is the same for Our Town and Colby. It’s a tradition in most places that the groom doesn’t see his bride until they walk into the wedding ceremony. In Our Town you could wait more than just that day to see your bride. Some met their spouse on the day of the wedding as they were walking down the aisle. In Colby this never happens, people usually date their spouse for at least six months before they get engaged and married. …show more content…
This can be bad and good. With everyone knowing each other news spread very fast and everyone knows everything about each other. The advantage with small towns is that everyone helps each other in times of need. These things are true for all towns but not all small towns are the same. For example, in Colby and Our Town people’s way of life is different. In Our Town people are asleep by 8:30 so that they can wake up early the next morning and go to school and work. In Colby people are up at all hours of the night doing things. In Colby and Our Town marriage traditions are also the same. Grooms can’t see their bride until they enter the church on the wedding day. With this being said it is evident that the wedding day is more important for the girl than the guy. Girls wear a big dress and do their nails and hair, while guys wear a tux and then return it after the wedding is over. People in Our Town sometimes marry people they don’t know but in Colby people don’t do that. They date their spouse for at least six months before getting married. Our Town and Colby have one thing in common that will probably never change. This is the fact that people live their whole life to look back and realize that they didn’t have as much time as they thought. People realize they should have spent their time doing something better. END