In the case of Fern Mullins, the threat of the outsider to the status quo is eminently clear: her ideas about sex education threatens to upset the whole social order of the town that is dependent on certain things being done at certain times. The Outsider always represents a danger to maintaining the status quo and Main Street is a novel obsessed with revealing how the citizens of its typical American town so easily fall into series of established pattern of behavior which eventually evolve into a societal status quo that must be protected although the reasons for affirming such protection are not always clear. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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