Society & Values in We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Small-Town Pressure
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Small-town values reward conformity, gossip and obedience, turning difference into a public target. The villagers’ “quick ugly glance” and mocking stories pressure Merricat, isolate the Blackwoods, and turn ordinary encounters into fear, resentment and conflict.
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