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Our Town
Our Town The quote that I have chosen to discuss is "Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify." In our lifetime we focus on the details of life, by details I mean that we are to concerned with material wealth and what society thinks of us. Society may think people are poor materialistically but they might be the wealthiest people of them all. What I am saying is society has a clutter of cobwebs in front of our faces. All that we can see is the value of material things; the things that are real wealth are the simple things like nature, family love and happiness. It is not just the material things. It is also striving to reach a goal to please someone else. Like worrying about your G.P.A, staying at a job that you do not like, and working hard to please your boss who does not seem to know whom you are. Thorton Wilder used the simplicity theme in his play "Our Town". I think that Wilder brought across one of Thoreau's view. A prime example is when Emily revisited her twelfth birthday. She did not miss the pretty dresses or the gifts she received, she missed the coffee, the white fence, the smell of breakfast, the beauty of her mother,... This is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Digital Term Papers. Please register below now! Digital Term Papers has over 63,000 essays, term papers, and book notes online. Many paper sites will charge you hundreds of dollars for a single paper. Digital Term Papers only charges $14.95 for a one month membership with instant account activation! Don't waste anymore time! Join NOW!!!
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