Thornton Wilder Books

Honestly, this book was confusing at many times, but it attempts to be unique as it does stray from conventional novels. However, much of its specialty is attributed to its intriguing take on life, the theme.
During the Great Depression, Thornton Wilder wrote Our Town in response to his critics, censuring that his past work have been subpar even at a rudimentary level. However, this book did, in fact, lend him more legitimacy as it won him his second Pulitzer Prize, as its theme was universal and its argument was purposeful.
Throughout the novel, Wilder employs George and Emily to contend that the importance of appreciating and enjoying life every single second is essential to healthy and meaningful life. Any other approach would waste away life, as one would wander through life aimlessly without a purpose and emotion. If people were to age through life in monotony, there would be no difference between humans and robots. Perfunctory routine would only hamper the possibility of any spontaneous happiness, resulting in a poorly lived life. Emily dies as a result of birth, but George and completely and utterly overwhelmed with this incident to the point that he can not think properly. Such reaction is possible but unfavorable towards George. Lamenting temporarily may be necessary, if not inevitable, but not being able to live normally for the rest of the life is ridiculous. Wilder indicates that George should have saved his time by enjoying life after Emily's death. Instead of trying to make up or feel guilty for the Emily, he could have just simply moved on through life as best as possible. There is no need for a long term bereavement in any situation. Wilder emphasize that people take life for granted, but when the transient nature of life smacks them in the face, there is no turning back.
Thornton Wilder repeatedly underscores the theme that people should stop what they are busily doing and stop and smell the flowers. Being able to enjoy nature or the surrounding is the most favorable choice. As more people in the world begin to enjoy life, the world would become a better place.
If you don't mind the confusion and are looking for a fresh read, because you're sick of the traditional novels, then choose Our Town by Wilder.

Our Town is a very realistic story containing a well rounded very common town and the people within the town. The people in the story have typical events that everyone experiences eventually such as: girl helping the boy with homework, general mother-father wedding day talks, and this story also includes a very important life lesson. Personally when I was reading this story I was thinking to myself, "Oh yes, I remember when I've had that kind of conversation or that type of a day."
This story relates so well to most people and most towns. When reading this play, like any other play, you don't get the visual like you would get when watching the play. I like this play's unique use of performing without props. It lets the reader imagine anything that comes to mind while watching, which I think is Thornton Wilder's intention when he decided to write the play like this. I think that starting out the book with an intense description about the town was a really great idea because those certain words like: school, post office, church, and bank are connected with just about any town anywhere. When you think of the big picture the town written about in Our Town isn't really any different then most towns. At the end of this story after Emily and George get married and after she dies, Emily goes back in time to her sixteenth birthday and she sees all the precious moments in life that she has taken advantage of. Emily realizes that she should have spent more time reflecting while she was alive. In my opinion I think that this is a very important lesson to learn from. The lesson I think we should acknowledge from this play is to slow down and take more time to manifestly just enjoy life.

this book gives you a full list of characters, an in depth look at their lives and lifestyle in grovers corners, the facts that are needed to analize this book with attention to great detail and all the information that is needed when doing research or just to give you a taste of his writing and to get you interested in the book itself.

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much and that's what I got. Good thing it was only $4 so I didn't feel like I was ripped off too bad. If you're a high school student in a regular English class and have to pass the test on Friday, this is $4 well spent. If you have any other desire for this or any higher understanding, this is a waste of your time. It summarizes very well and has some fairly useful historical information. Photos are few and very outdated. the PDF file itself is simply a scanned-in copy of a pamphlet. The producer didn't even bother to have it typed up into a PDF file, so some of the pages are off-center or slanted. Really annoying. All the info is extremely superficial. Pretty disappointed and feeling cheated.