Growing up through the 2000’s and the age of technological boom has been fast paced too say the least. The world has become a very small place thanks to social media magnate such as Facebook and Twitter. Today everyone wants the newest and best thing, which is very hard to do since fads and trends are rising and dying daily. America is known for its go go go way of life, were everyone lives by the clock and never takes a minute to stop and enjoy the simple pleasures of life. Tennessee Williams’s “A Street Car Named Desire” tells a story of an outsiders emersion to the New Orleans culture and how she struggles to understand the “slow, lazy, sleepy, sweaty, hot, wet, lazy, and exotic”- Mark Childress, city that it is is. From the first set of stage directions the atmosphere is laid out for the city, “This “blue piano” expresses the spirit of life which goes on here” Through out the entire play we see that whenever a conflict rises the blue pianos tune becomes distinctive. From what we have learned in your class so far about New Orleans is that music is a very large part of their culture, especially blues and jazz. Mr. Williams illustrates not only the looks of the city but also the smells. He describes the faint redolence of bananas and coffee, and how you can feel the warmth of breath from the brown river, representing the Mississippi. The vibe given off by the city seems to very laid back and soothing. Relationships between blacks and whites during the 1940’s was not healthy, civil rights did not exist and in most normal cities the intermingling of the races was discouraged and rarely existed. In lovely New Orleans however this is not the case, the play opens with Eunice talking to a colored women. Tennesee explains this by saying “New Orleans is a cosmopolitan city where there is a relatively warm and intermingling of races in the old part of town.” Also in this old part of town everything is right around the corner. In “Letters from New Orleans”, Rob Walkers stories depicts to us how neighbor hoods are mixed with bars, shops and restaurants. Just like how the bowling alley, dance hall and piano bar all are within close walking distance to the flat of Stella and Stanley. The set up of the city allows for a melting pot of diversity and culture which gives off the certain charisma that is New Orleans. Blanches arrival and stay gives us a definitive view on how truly different New Orleans is from any other city during that time period. From the moment she arrives in her White Suit with fluffy bodice, necklace and earrings of peal with her trunk, she stick out like a sore thumb in this part of town. She shows us that this is not a normal place through her reaction to the location of her sister house. Also her responses to Eunice, as she is clearly not accustomed to this type of mannerism and friendliness. Blanches uncomfortableness exists through the play, she does not understand the ways of her sister and her husband, nor does she like it. On several different occasions Blanche also makes comments to the males about their language and mannerism towards women. Although there is still a respect for women, the kind that blanche is used to does not exist in this city. New Orleans is a very interesting place, it is unique magical and mysterious, especially to an outsider. Tennesse Willimas portrays the distinctness of the city through all aspects of the play. I found the most distinction through his use of clashing between Balnche and all aspects of the City, from the people to the climate, to the social class and so on. New Orleans life did not work with the life Blanche was used too, and although she was only from Mississippi the upbeat and aggressive lifestyle that she was accustomed to, as we are today, was not found here.