Our Town Act 1

In the first act of "Our Town," the town of Grover's Corners seems to be a normal and average town in America. The way it is portrayed and the way that the characters are described and act, this seems similar to the way that many average Americans are. I found it interesting that the birth and death rates seem to stay consistent in this town from year to year. Also the fact that there is a minimum amount of drinking that goes on in Grover's Corners is somewhat surprising.

Some of the repetition that is seen in this act is the amount of gossip that goes on between characters. For example, Mrs. Gibbs and Mrs. Webb gossip about Mrs. Gibbs' money offer from the furniture salesman, Dr. Gibbs and the paperboy gossip about the local schoolteacher's marriage, and the children have their own gossiping conversations.