ESSAY: MY TOWN Instructions: Choose one of the following options: Write a paper (1-2 pages) in which you discuss how some of the things in the play are true of your own town or of your family and friends. Write a scene of a play of your own dealing with one or more of the universal ideas found in Our Town and present it to the class. Note: As you choose appropriate gestures, movements and vocalization, including dialect, pronunciation and enunciation to use in your oral presentation, use research and analysis to justify the use of these strategies. Borrow a video of the play Our Town from the library and write a paper (1-2 pages) that analyzes how the audio and video techniques conveyed Wilder's theme. Answer the following questions in your essay: How did the media enhance the relationship between character and theme? Did any of the media techniques minimize the writer's intent?