h is his intervention in scenes that broach the topic. Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they dont talk in English and dont even want to. The stage manager enters briskly from the right. He tips his hat to the ladies (P.21) The stage manager again in his embodiment of the town must intervene on this discussion and he proceeds to change the subject. This represents once more the towns hesitance to talk about things upsetting the daily routine of Grovers Corners, one of these being death. What if the rooster didnt crow in the morning? Or the train for Boston never came? Or someone went to Paris? Death is the one thing the citizens of Grovers Corners cannot rely on, and that mystery is what makes death the ultimate barrier for them. In their reluctance to face adulthood, the young adults of Grovers Corners struggle to cope with the burden of adulthood that alters everything. George Gibbs does not want to grow up, because it is the next step down the road that he does not want to see the end of. Listen, Ma, for the last time I ask you All I want to do is to be a fella. (P.78) George wants to stay a teenager, and not go through these transformations because of what they represent in the long run. Even though he must move on, George attempts to hang on to the rituals that he once enjoyed. Now, Ma, you save Thursday nights. Emily and I are over to dinner every Thursday nightyoull see. (P.78) Also, Emily shares the same plight with clinging on to the childhood she has come to know and love. Dont you remember that you used to say, - all the time you used to say all the time: that I was your girl! There must be lots of places we can go to. Ill work for you. I could keep the house. (P.79) Emily wants to stay a child for the same reasons that George wants to be a fella again; she doesnt want to face the realities of lifes alterations. She ends up trying to control something she cannot, just ...
