Literary Devices In Our Town

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Thornton Wilder wrote Our Town in 1938. The scenes in the play are allegedly taking place between 1901-1913. Many thematic elements of the play are timeless; they can be seen even in modern times. The change of characters, setting, time and similar aspects does nothing to change the plot and overall meaning of scenes in the play.
In the book George initiate conversation, “--Hello, Emily” (Wilder 28). Then later on, in the next act and at a future point in time for them, George married Emily. The reader can infer that George chose to talk to Emily because he liked her. In the rewrite of the scene, Nick factimes Jessica because he likes her and wanted to talk with her. Jessica continues the conversation with asking “What’s up” (Klein 1) as