Our Town Technology and Modernization Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Act.Line). Every time a character talks counts as one line, even if what they say turns into a long monologue.
| Quote #1 You know, Frank, Mrs. Fairchild always locks her front door every night. All those people up that part of town do. (I.408) |
Mrs. Gibbs lives in a part of town where no one locks their doors.
| Quote #2 Blowing out the lamp. |
Doc Gibbs thinks that people are unnecessarily adjusting their lifestyles to a new time. The stage direction suggests that Doc Gibbs wishes to extinguish any notion of urbanization.
| Quote #3 Millions have folla’d it, George, and you don’t want to be the first to fly in the face of custom. (II.121) |
Mr. and Mrs. Webb discourage George from doubting superstitions. George, a representative of the younger generation, doesn’t seem to care about old traditions.
