Part-I City of lights By Dr Mubarak Ali Dr Mubarak Ali goes soul-searching as he tells the story of Karachi’s sociological and physical development from a small fishing village to the mega-city it is today. [img]http://dawn.com/events/lifestyle2003/images/sup27-01.jpg[/img] Every city has two characteristics: ancientness and history. Ancientness of a city is determined by archeological evidence. When such evidence is inconclusive‚ ancient history becomes a fertile ground for legends
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The play‚ “Our Town”‚ as a whole is remarkably interesting‚ the characters‚ the story manger always stopping the story at random times because he feels like that is all the reader needs to know. I really like the metaphor that is being used throughout the play. The morning meaning birth in Act I‚ the wedding that shows how life moves along in Act II‚ and the night meaning death at the end of Act III. There are so many different reasons on why I like the play. From the characters‚ to the setting
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In a brief sum up‚ Our Town is a play based only on imagination. If you don’t have an imagination‚ you’ll be staring at a bare stage because there are few props on stage. It is a play based on life; its shown as how the author sees it‚ relates to it and lives in it. He shows us that we take our lives for granted as we watch two families in the 1900’s. The author is Thornton Wilder. It was written in 1934-1938‚ United States and publishes in 1938 by Coward-McCann‚ Inc. Wilder’s play defies most conventional
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a real person‚ as he feels that she is superior to him. The world isn’t just made up of the familiar. Throughout the novel‚ Margo mentions how she feels trapped in her “paper town” and she wants to venture out into the world. In contrast‚ Quintin seems to forget that there is more in the world than just his “paper town”. I often find myself thinking about the future‚ and it has gotten to a point where I have become fixated
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Residents Stay Strong‚ is an anecdotal piece by Cassandra Brenton - Associate Editor of the Sunday Observer - accounting activities of the characters and stories told by said characters‚ in a rural district in North West St. Ann called Sturge Town. Sturge Town appears to be the stereotypical rural community‚ close-knit‚ quaint and economically driven by agricultural production. After reading the article‚ it became evident that the district was a proud and self dependent society. They cling to their
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Our Town‚ written by Thornton Wilder in 1938‚ is known as one of his best works. It is usually referred as beautiful and remarkable‚ one of the sagest‚ warmest and deeply human his scripts. One of the themes captured in the play is the one of family relations. We can trace this particular theme though the whole play. In the 1st act we are introduced to 2 families of the Gibbses & the Webbs. Charles and Myrtle Webb and Frank and Julia Gibbs give us a possibility to have a look at the day-to-day
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It was my sophomore year‚ and I auditioned for the play Our Town. Our Town is a play I will never forget. I do not know how‚ and I do not know why‚ but somehow God used this play to reveal Himself once more to me. He gave to me a cast that treated me as family and a plot that told of greater moments than this life. Our Town depicted what most consider to be unimportant‚ everyday activities and revealed their intrinsic value with each line and
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In the short story‚ Our Town‚ by Thornton Wilder narrates the lives of the townspeople of Grover’s Corner‚ specifically two little children. The story begins with the introduction of the lives of two children with very similar families. Later‚ the two children discover their love towards each other‚ but only after death do they realize the true importance of life. Wilder‚ through the use of characterization‚ successfully conveys the message that people do not fully understand the true importance
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Through December 5th through the 7th‚ I performed in Thornton Wilder’s play of Our Town. The only sets or props that the actors or actresses used where folding chairs for us to sit in‚ umbrellas to hide Emily (Julie Dumbler)‚ and flats on both sides of the stage to hide the people behind them. The reason for the lack of set is so the audience can use there imagination of what the town of Grover’s Corner‚ New Hampshire looks like. All the rest of the props that the actors had to use were pan mimed
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“anyone lived in a pretty how town” Opening Statement In “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by E.E. Cummings‚ the author creates a strong depiction of a pretty town in which two people fall in love. The lilting sound of this poem and the positive word choice help convey the heartwarming happenings of the town‚ and overshadow the darker occurrences and grief. The poem follows the life of "anyone" a single person in the town who meets "noone" and falls in love. As the poem goes on‚ the two characters
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