This is a essay comparing my town with the town in the play “Our Town”

Grover’s Corners is a small town in New Hampshire that shares many characteristics with Lewistown. Not only does it share characteristics of a physical nature, the people of these towns also share attitudes and philosophies towards living and dying. Some of the physical features these towns share are many churches, small town businesses, and the cemeteries of these towns share many characteristics. The towns also share attitudes and philosophies like caring for their families, education is important, and young people get married too young.

The town in the play “Our Town”, Grover’s Corners, shares many physical characteristics with Lewistown. One of the physical features these towns share, are the many churches. In act I of the play “Our Town”, the stage manager says, “Over there is the Congregational Church; across the street’s the Presbyterian. Methodist and Unitarian are over there. Baptist is down in the holla’ by the river. Catholic Church is over beyond the tracks.” This shows that in Grover’s Corners religion was probably very important to the people. In Lewistown, there are many churches like the Assembly of God, there is many Methodist Churches, and there is quite a few Catholic Churches. Like in Grover’s Corners religion is fairly important to the people of Lewistown. The many churches in both Lewistown and Grover’s Corners illustrates that religion is important to the people of these towns. Another physical characteristic these towns share is the small businesses of the towns. In the play “Our Town”, Grover’s Corners has small businesses like Doc Gibbs’ Medical Practice and Mr. Morgan’s Drugstore.

These small businesses are very important to Grover’s Corners. Especially Doc Gibbs’ Medical Practice because he is the only doctor in that town. Lewistown also has its share of small businesses like the hardware store, Jo Ann Fabrics, and Parkway. These businesses are very important to the people of Lewistown like Jo Ann Fabrics. Jo Ann Fabrics provides the materials that many people need for their hobbies. Small businesses are very important to both of these towns and to the people of these towns. An additional physical feature that these towns share is the similarities in the cemeteries. Both of the cemeteries of these towns have graves that date back to the 1600’s. The cemetery in Grover’s Corners houses Civil war veterans.

The stage manager in the play Our Town says in act III, “Over there are some Civil War veterans. Iron flags on their graves … New Hampshire boys … had a notion that the Union ought to be kept together, though they’d never seen more than fifty miles of it themselves.” Like Grover’s Corners, Lewistown cemetery has many war veterans from various wars. Their graves are also marked with a flag. The cemetery in Lewistown like Grover’s Corners has graves with family names that still exist in Lewistown today. Both cemeteries are also important to both towns; they show the history of the town as well as the legacies of the towns.

The town in the play “Our Town”, Grover’s Corners, shares many attitudes and philosophies with Lewistown. One of the attitudes and philosophies these towns share are the care that goes into their families. The families in the play Our Town and the families in Lewistown care for each other. In the play Mrs. Webb tells her children, “You know the rule’s well as I do-no books at table. As for me I’d rather have my children healthy than bright.” This shows that Mrs. Webb care a lot for her children and her family. The families of Lewistown care for their families as well. Parents wish to see their children happy and healthy so they do what ever they can to make this happen. They go to their children’s sporting events to show their support, even if they don’t really like the sport their kid is playing. This shows they care for their children and their family. In the play Our Town, Mrs. Gibbs shows her concern for her husband by wanting him to take a vacation to rest. In Lewistown, many wives care for their husbands when they fall ill or get hurt.

This shows they care about their families. In Grover’s Corners and in Lewistown families show they care for each other. In both Grover’s Corners and Lewistown, they share the attitude that education is important. In the play George and Emily waited until they had finished high school before they married. This shows that a high school education was important to them. In Lewistown education is very valuable. The teachers at the high school show this importance by doing what they can to make sure every student gets an education. The parents work with teachers to make sure their kids are getting the best education possible. This shows that education is very significant to the town. In the play “Our Town”, Wally shows how he thinks an education is important by studying a book on Canada at the breakfast table. Students at the high school in Lewistown show how they think education is important by doing the best they can in school. In both towns, education is essential to everyone and they do what they can to show that importance.

Another attitude and philosophy these towns share is young people getting married too young. In the play Our Town, George and Emily get married really young. The play says, “Soon as they’ve passed their last examinations in solid geometry and Cicero’s Orations, looks like they suddenly fell themselves fit to marry.” What this means is that in Grover’s Corners most young people get married right after high school. This is also the case in Lewistown. Getting married after high school is a really young age to get married at. Most people after high school are not ready to take on the responsibilities of a family. A high school education doesn’t really have opportunities for jobs that can support a family. In both towns young people get married too young.

In conclusion, Grover’s Corners and Lewistown share many characteristics. Not only do they share characteristics of a physical nature, the people of these towns also share attitudes and philosophies towards living and dying. Some of the physical features these towns share are many churches, small town businesses, and the cemeteries of these towns share many characteristics. The towns also share attitudes and philosophies like caring for their families, education is important, and young people get married too young.