Well, I mean sure, why not.
As the regular readers know, the "plot" of Our Town is pretty simple. It describes lives of citizens of this small town and I believe that anyone could easily decide to write a story about citizens of "Horní Bělá" (I don't know why I chose this name, but it sounds to me like a name of an ordinary town). Sure, the lifestyle has probably changed quite lot during the past century but the stories are universal. Let me give you an example from Our Town... Emily and George spent their whole lives living next door and finally, they got together when they were almost adults and got married. Does it really sound like something that could have happened only in 1900s?
That's all you will hear from me in this entry. Perhaps next time some MAJOR events happen in this little town :)
Some MAJOR events? Like, for example, the main character breaking his leg? =D Maybe that's all you should expect, maybe the play is just supposed to show a normal life in an ordinary town..x))
ReplyDeletePLEASE!!!!!!!! Isn't something going to happen? I mean, really there has to be some (even very tiny) events. No?
ReplyDeleteFinally, there is. Half of the time dies but still, it is just up to you if you take it as a major event since it is described calmly and with no special emotions. I didn't feel that there was a climax in the story :D
ReplyDeleteDoes there have to be something? The whole point of Joyce's "Ulysses" is that the greatest adventure in the life of modern humans is the utter lack of adventure, and therefore his books lacked anything resembling a plot or climax. Just ordinary people doing the things that make them likable and despicable all at once.
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