Our Town

After reading the first act of Our Town and discussing it with my fellow classmates, some thoughts came to mind. One was that the play seemed a bit plain and boring in a sense. It didn't seem to be about much other than some random people's lives. Now maybe it was written that way and is meant to be like that, but it's hard to tell. In a way that does allow readers to put themselves in the position of the characters and think about what it would be like to be those people. But sometimes it just seems like the story isn't going anywhere important. But I suppose we'll find out. I did like how the details of the town were introduced. Instead of a typical narrator just explaining how the town is, they have Mr. Webb explain it through questions from the townspeople and such. This was a unique introduction and made the story seem more realistic and showed the people's involvement with one another. I'm sure this play does have deeper and more important meaning behind it though, so hopefully those will become more clear once I read Act 2 and 3 tonight and tomorrow.