![]() ![]() This breeds an atmosphere of conformity and paranoia Dungatar residents fear that if their secrets are exposed, they will be ostracized from the community because behavior outside of the norm is not openly accepted in Dungatar, even though almost everyone who lives there privately engages in behavior which would be considered abnormal by the conservative residents. ![]() However, because everyone in Dungatar has a secret, no one wants to reveal other people’s secrets in case they themselves are then gossiped about. In the close-knit community of Dungatar-a small town where the protagonist, Tilly Dunnage, grew up and which she returns to as an adult-“everybody knows everyone else’s business.” People in Dungatar go out of their way to learn each other’s secrets because they feel that this gives them power over others. ![]()
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