Peyton Place Research Paper

Have you ever wanted to read a book that set you into a different time but reminded you of life today? Or how would you act if someone said this to you. "There ain’t much a feller can do when he’s married to a born whore" (Metalious 4). An interesting quote from a book right? How would if feel if this person was calling someone you know a slut? Or better yet who would right that. Well it is very simple my friend this is a story from a book I greatly enjoy a best-selling novel known Peyton Place by Grace Metalious. In this story, the locals are cruel and judgmental to those who are having some difficulties in their life or fall under the category of lower class. And gossip, as you can tell, was very popular subject due to this. Then again this isn't new at all, at least in some point of life we can relate to this. Everybody talks. This novel attempts to portray how life is in a town in New England. You know how small towns are in TV show drama hold many secrets and is relived through the through the lives of the residents; the main accounts you will hear about is from three women who have to deal with life through secrets, lies, and abuse, and 'other' road blocks. Sounds mysterious right? Scandals, differences social class, and murder. Something worth reading right correct?

This novel holds many key points which were happening during the time and was believable by the reader in the 1950s to the 2010s. I'm not saying this because I like the book but it is a good piece of literature many for realistic fiction. Peyton Place has many topics addressed in it but overall the book is about social anatomy of small towns. If you don’t what that means it basically gives us a view of the lives of Peyton Place’s residents. The hopes and dreams, victory, failures, violence, their many struggles, and sometimes (hardly anyone) their courage. Now to get one with the show the story is set in a small town known as Peyton Place, in New Hampshire, the most