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Miss Villets - the librarian is another formidable critic of Carol
because she has all the ladies on her side in ticking off Carol. It
is obvious that Miss Villet has formed her opinion about Carol
even before she could meet her. She too is a typical example of
the narrow minded provincial attitude in the way she talks self
righteously about the duties of the librarian towards the books-
side tracking the readers altogether.
In this chapter Carol is portrayed in a retrospective mood. She
realizes that she has been so busy telling people about herself
that she never gave them a chance to tell her what they thought
of her. So she starts observing peopleÂ’s reaction to her and feels
devastated by what she finds. Warm and friendly by nature, she
cannot bear the spitefulness of the people in whose company she
would have to spend the rest of her life. She is in a dilemma. She
has to follow her instincts in her treatment of the poor maids and
countless poor children, or sacrifice what she considered to be
right for the sake of the company of the narrow minded
housewives, and allow them to be her judges for the rest of her
life. It is a crucial question every rebel has to face. How Carol
faces it is portrayed in the latter part of the novel.
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