The third act of Our Town portrayed a negative side of humanity. Within the third act, the people that are dead discuss how the living don't appreciate the little things in life and don't try to enjoy every opportunity. I feel that this depicts the reality that people don't appreciate what they have. Usually, people are stressed, or worried, or disappointed about something and they don't take the time to appreciate what's around them because they are so distracted by the negative things in their lives. Society gets bogged down by all the negative things that they forget to think about the positives and enjoy them while they last. For instance, as a kid, Emily couldn't appreciate that her mother made her breakfast every morning, and that her father came home with a present for her. After her death, she is so hurt by the fact that she couldn't appreciate it then and she could so much now that she couldn't even face the event again. After she returns to her grave, Simon Stimson tells her that living is a waste of time because everyone lives in a self-centered way, which also lends to an accurate negative portrayal of society.
While the dead are sitting there during Emily's funeral, they are removed from humanity and the living and are waiting for the eternal part of their nature to occur. This is another commentary on society, saying that we are unsure about what happens after death, if anything at all. The dead have a sad existence, waiting for something that might never come. While they are removed from the living, they don't often associate with each other often either. There is nothing for them to look forward to, really, except for this eternal thing to happen them that might never happen.
