... Putnam. Thornton Wilder brings back a nostalgic view on neighborly contact and friendly interactions through Our Town and reminds us of a Golden Age we cannot let go of. Perhaps it's not only reliving our own past, but trying to rediscover a past we never experienced. For Thornton Wilder, writing Our Town during the great depression helped escape the social reality and pain everyone felt. Imagining life ... , "We are creating a new culture, and we don't know what's going to happen, so we need warm memories from our past."" Our Town created that warm fuzzy memory of leaving doors unlocked...

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