Perspective Reflective Unit

The physical area that encompasses the people who choose to live there

Thornton Wilder 1897 -1975 American novelist and playwright Known for his unique treatment of universal themes Believed truth could only be discovered in the lives of ordinary people

Our Town Written in: 1937 Genre: Realism Realism is identified when artists/ writers attempt to capture the “real world” within their art. Facts and Info: A three-act play modeled after several New Hampshire towns - set in 1901. Written as a play.

In Our Town, Wilder “captures the universal experience of being alive In Our Town, Wilder “captures the universal experience of being alive.” -Donald Margulies He examines three real, universal themes: Daily Life Love Death

Wilder uses the Alienation Effect This technique is designed to distance the audience from emotional involvement in the play through jolting reminders of the artificiality of the theatrical performance. elaborate explanations from a “narrator” actors stepping out of character to lecture, summarize, or sing songs raw, “exposed” stage design. Wilder manipulates the Stage Manager Staging Setting

Staging Setting Minimal scenery Guides audience to focus on the internal rather than external. Allows the setting to be more universal. Setting Perpetual Present Tense: All past, present, and future actions take place in the “here and now.” Time is fluid

Stage Manager Role: Narrator and character Purpose: The audience’s connection between the play and reality. The stage manager encourages the audience to reflect on what they are seeing by interrupting the plot to comment on the action.

Dialectical Journal #1

Questions are more important that answers Questions are more important that answers. If I were a fairy godmother, my gift to every child would be curiosity. –Jeanne Bendick

Dialectical Journal #2

Dialectical Journal #3

1. If you could upload your brain to a computer, would you do it. 2 1. If you could upload your brain to a computer, would you do it? 2. Should parents be able to edit their babies’ genes? 3. Should a driverless car kill its passenger to save five strangers? 4. What morals should we program into intelligent machines

Jane Crofut The Crofut Farm Grover’s Corners Sutton County New Hampshire United States of America Continent of North America Western Hemisphere The Earth The Solar System The Universe The Mind of God

Your name Coconino High School Flagstaff Coconino County Arizona United States of America Continent of North America Western Hemisphere The Earth The Solar System The Universe The Mind of God