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…showed last 75 words of 522 total…own self-criticisms. It is quite true that the townswomen gossip about her to no end, but if she could stop and listen, they gossip about each other just as much. She does not comprehend that the common means of conversation in the town are achieved through the criticizing of others. Carol will never attain her dream village if she does not learn how to communicate with, understand and work with the people of Gopher Prairie.