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Our Town

  • Emily's 12th Birthday

  • The Book Starts

  • George And Emily Fall In Love

    I don't think it gives a specific date but I know it was in June, the 30 is there so June won't go away.
  • Emily And George Get Married

  • Emily Dies

  • Doc Gibbs Dies

  • The Paragraph

    I think he decided to use flashbacks to give more context to things. Like in Act II on the wedding day of George and Emily, it flashes back to the day they fell in love. However, I don't think the book would be much different if he didn't use flashbacks. I think the book would still make sense if things were in the order of events. Like when it flashes back on the wedding day, would it really make that much of a difference if it was before he went to see the parents? That is the only example I c