Wilder's impassioned plea in the play is to appreciate every moment of every day, because life is a fleeting thing. With problems rapidly expanding in Europe and war becoming a looming reality, people were inundated with the negative aspects of life. Seeing Our City meant escaping from the negative and enjoying the ordinary; he reaffirmed faith in the immutable moral values ​​of small-town life. It was obviously the balm audiences needed in the midst of a pessimistic and changing world. Through his work, Wilder tries to teach the audience to seize the day and enjoy life. There are no guarantees on a certain lifespan, as evidenced by the untimely deaths of Emily Webb and her brother Wally; tomorrow may be too late. By calling the play Our Town and describing common people and events, people in the audience and readers of the play can identify with the theme and apply it to their own lives. Our Town is a play that is unusual in structure. Contains intentionally little action, to support the theme; nothing exciting or suspenseful happens in any of the three acts, just as nothing exciting happens in Grover's Corners. The play ignores even the most dramatic conventions. At the beginning, the stage manager wanders onto an empty stage to speak directly to the audience; he tells them that the show is ready to begin. He then describes the appearance of Grover's Corners and its inhabitants. The work also ignores the unity of time and place. Three years pass between the first and second acts. Then another nine years pass between the second and third acts. Additionally, the omniscient Stage Manager repeated flashbacks to the past and flashforwards to the future, further denying the unity of time. The show also has many locations. Although the entire play takes place in or around Grover's Corners, each act has a different and distinct key setting. In Act I, most of the action takes place in the Webbs and Gibbs homes; often the activity in both houses is seen on stage at the same time, to emphasize the sameness of things in this small town. The second act is set largely in the church, where Emily and George get married.