The Town

exclaimed as Atticus, and Jem and Scout follow him, but the town does not think that due to the trial, and because he is “white.” This is showing the Maycomb reputation and how people look at others (Smykowski 56). The town of Maycomb is a town in the South with a lot of racial judgment present. The town is described as a town of poorness, and lack of responsibility. Atticus feels that no one can help the town and it will be a dry town with darkness and sorrow.…

Is it really better to grow up in a small town rather than larger city? Statistics show that more people graduate from a bigger city. Many will argue this is because there is larger amount of people attending that particular school. Although that is true I also believe more people are accepted because of the broad learning experiences that you are able to experience. More people graduate from a bigger city school because the diversity is 2x better, more learning experiences, and you have more…

Thornton Wilder is one of the most inventive playwrights of all time. His creative vision and exceptional imagination led to such classics as his most notable drama, Our Town. Throughout this drama, Wilder’s unusual use of the Stage Manager allows Him to become one of the most famous roles of all time. Although his identity is unknown and he appears to be insignificant to the plot of the story, the Stage Manager’s role is the most important in the entire play (Galens 226). It may seem like he…

What happens when you put a big city girl from Dallas in a small town like DeRidder Louisiana? Absolutely nothing. But what happens when the small town has a colorful scary secret? They say curiosity killed the cat but they never said it killed a person and from that logic I turned this tedious town into one of the most engrossing towns in Louisiana. Every year my family and I drive six long and enervating hours to our cousin’s house in DeRidder, in a small cube like car, with two large…

this relationality and base sameness, we have witnessed the governmental labeling of bodies as disadvantageous/weak because of their differences and have seen efforts to correct “disorder” and difference through eugenics. In Madeline Ashby’s Company Town, the reader has witnessed the labeling of politicized bodies as disadvantageous by the state and requiring correction through the social practice of body modification. Body modification, the synthetic…

I thoroughly enjoyed reading and understanding the literary work, Our Town by Thornton Wilder. The play begins in 1901 by illustrating the simple lives of ordinary people in Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire. Wilder has created the element of purity by using small town Leria 7 characters as a universal theme. Each of his three act represents a different aspect of life staring with the simplicity of daily living through the struggles of love, marriage and then death. He opens his…

Murphy is a small town located in the smoky mountains of western North Carolina. I have lived in Murphy all my life. Because I have lived and experienced the small town life the Carolina community at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can learn my important small town values. Many revolt against small town values because the majority of people have a falsified negative view of small towns, but small towns, like Murphy, can teach individuals important lessons. Lessons such as loyalty,…

cheating on her. He helps, but the day after, she disappears. She left clues behind like she always did. Quentin follows the clues and finds out where she is. Margo Roth Spiegelman is in a Paper Town. Well, what is a Paper Town? A paper town is a fictional town on maps, to prevent plagiarism. The Paper Town Margo is in, is located near to New York. He drives, together with Ben Starling and Marcus Lincoln,…

The importance of friendship Have you ever wondered what the theme of a book is. In When Zachary Beaver Came to Town one of the main themes the Kimberly Willis Holt was looking for was friendship and how much it helps you in life. In the story Toby Wilson and Cal McKnight get into fight here and there but somehow they always pull together and are still friends at the end. Zachary Beaver claims to be the fattest boy in the world, but when he comes to Antler Texas, Paulie Rankin leaves him for a…

Sidewalks: Not That Important In her article, “Sidewalks Can Make a Town a Neighborhood” Carolyn Egan discusses the ability that sidewalks have in developing children’s values. While she makes some good points within her article, Carolyn also makes several exaggerations and downplays key issues. Carolyn argues that children are being chauffeured around, but for most children it is unrealistic for them to walk everywhere. Most towns now a day have everything within them so spread out that…