Throughout this course, I have felt no deeper connection with any readings like I did with “Haircut” by Ring Lardner. Taking place in a small town where town gossip is just second nature is something I can relate to on a very large scale. My hometown, like the town in the story, has no secrets and everyone gossips about everything that happens as well as everyone is happens to. “Haircut” also ends with a questionable twist, leaving you wondering what really happened and when it comes to town gossip that is how it always ends; leaving you wondering. I have never been the kind to enjoy gossip, whether it be me being gossiped about or doing the gossiping, but we all can get caught up in the moment. Gossiping, in the generation that we are in currently, has become something much more common than we would like to admit. We have the ability to end the gossiping, but why is it that we do not? Sadly, I feel, gossiping is something that most people do and I know many would say differently, but we need to be truly honest. Personally I have been caught up in the gossiping moment once or twice. It is a shameful, but enjoyable act that we do; this is why we can not stop. Over the years you see that people will gossip and continue to do so because it makes them feel superior and like they are fitting in with the group. Some find it hard to generate interesting conversations based on personal knowledge, when put in an awkward setting with others, so gossiping can spark a people’s interest. Helping the awkwardness be broken and the “fitting in” can begin. The hardest part is not getting caught up in it and when it is a small town that can seem impossible at times. Working in the local story I hear everything about everyone and I am amazing at some of the things that are said. Unfortunately the first thing I want to do after hearing it is to tell my best friend. Most of these conversations start with “did you hear that” and end with