Arousing Events + Emotions = "Downtown / Uptown" . . . . . Downtown / Uptown - A fictional story in five acts that evolves on the porch of an old farmhouse. The story line is light and airy, with the feeling of a contemporary stage play, while letting the dialogue describe most of the narrative in a characteristic, workaday language. Tom Martin, our principal character, has returned to live on the old family farm, and in this rural community he is at once beloved or despised for being stubbornly fair and abiding to his personal perception of fair play. There is also a good dose of humor peppered throughout the dialogue, while at certain moments events will challenge the readers to reflect about our past and current events. This is also about the time when Tom becomes aware that death, is really unavoidable. From the onset the character's distinguishing personalities interact with the reader's experiences or beliefs. Frailties and conflicts were purposely introduced to create elements of friction, down to the final and climactic conclusion. Giovanni