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 As I conceive the play there is - as the theme - the two boys - Seth and George - the whole difference in their outlook on life - Seth the careful shrewd self-centered boy and George the imaginative, lovable one.
 The points of view of the father and mother and their struggle for the boy's mind -
 This to become the central theme of the play.
 Then the struggle of the two boys for Helen White.
 You can't pack Winesburg into a neat hand package