Marriage In Thornton Wilder's Play Our Town

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Where is the best to find a spouse? Depending on when one was born, some would say a hometown, church, or even college. Although the world’s view of love and marriage has changed substantially in the past century, there are still similarities between the Grover’s Corner in Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town and my home church, Rose Drive Friends. Like in Grover’s Corner many people end up marrying from within our community and staying close by to continue contributing to keep our community afloat. Although many people within my church throughout the years have continued to find their spouse in the church community they have grown up, the area we live in has allowed for people to see other options. I believe that it makes more sense for people in my church to marry within our community because we are not confined to only our church. Since our church sits right in the center of one of the most densely populated in California there are endless options available. In Grover’s Corner there are only around three thousand people but people choose to marry within their community, one example of this is George and Emily. They both grew up in houses right next door to each other and before they even graduated high school they had already decided to marry each other. “It’s July 7th, just after High School Commencement. That’s the time most of our young …show more content…

Soon as they’ve passed their last examinations in solid geometry and Cicero’s Orations, look like they suddenly feel themselves fit to be married.” (Wilder 48). Before George and Emily even know what it is like to

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