Our_Town,_And_Character_Impact

Our Town, And Character Impact In Thorton Wilder’s play; Our Town the action is centered around two main characters: George and Emily, and have a large group of people revolving in and out of their lives, with little to no effect on them. In the opening act, Georges’ father shows himself to be an industrious and hardworking man. The stage manager makes a point of stating that Dr. Gibbs has been up all night performing his duties: “… There’s Doc Gibbs comin’ down Main Street now, comin’ back from that baby case. … Got the call at half past one this morning.” (6-7) Well-educated and knowledgeable, having studied to be a doctor, a powerful father figure such as Dr. Gibbs should have some effect on George, but apparently he does not. George is content to live a simple, uneducated life, and be a farm worker and pass on the prestige and social position of a doctor. Joe Crowell, Jr. is another character that juxtaposes Georges’ potential and the choices he makes. Joe is a newspaper boy in a small New Hampshire town, and he decides to go to college, albeit under slightly different circumstances; “… Joe was awful bright- graduated from high school here, head of his george, emily, act, wedding, webb, town, people, little, grovers, father, corners, about, same, own, others, mrs, mr, just, joe, it’s, go, gibbs, effect, each, been, while, very, time, soames, should, main, lives, good, first, everyone