Gossip In Grover’s Corners This essay will explain the role of Gossip in Thornton Wilder’s “ Our Town”. It will analyze the positive and negative effects of gossip as seen in the play. This essay will also include support from the play to substanciate the theories mentioned. First, this essay will talk about the positive then the negative effects of gossip. One positive effect of gossip is that it spreads important information from person to person. It also spreads information that would not be included in newspapers such as relationships and a birth of a baby. An example of a conversation about a relationship is when Joe Crowell, Jr. tells