In the book Winesburg Ohio, by Sherwood Anderson, the author’s values and beliefs in life are reflected to the ones that are portrayed in the novel. A truth can be defined as what a person accepts as real, whether it is a universal fact or a personal belief of something that is authentic to their life. Winesburg Ohio is a collection of short stories in which each talk about an actuality representing the different characters’ truths, and what makes those characters grotesque in life. George Willard is essentially the main character in this novel, for he is in the majority of these chapters, listening to each person’s life experiences. These truths, or values that come out of these associations between George Willard and the other characters,
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Wing used to be a school teacher in Pennsylvania and was known as Adolph Myers. He was passionate in his job, however ran into problems with his desire to caress his students during class. One of his students accused Wing of molestation, and rather than facing his problems, he ran away to Winesburg, Ohio and changed his identity. Anderson explains part of Wing’s story, “As he ran away into the darkness they repented of their weakness and ran after him, swearing and throwing sticks and great balls of soft mud at the figure that screamed and ran faster and faster into the darkness”(Anderson 15). This quote shows who used to be Adolph Myers, cowering from his problems and physically running away from them, to in the end change his identity to Wing Biddlebaum. This relates to Sherwood Anderson’s life during his days as a manufacturer owner. Stated in his biography, “it was while he was enjoying much of financial success with this business driving extremely well that his health complications irrupt did. He suffered from a major nervous breakdown that some reports claim to have been amnesia or lost identity crisis” (Sherwood 2). This quote shows that instead of attempting to solve his issues, Sherwood Anderson was a lost in himself and ran away from an internal problem. This relates to the short story hands in which both Anderson and Biddlebaum both struggled to find …show more content…
In this story, the main character Alice Hindman struggles to find her purpose or desire in life; her truth. Throughout the story, Alice feels a sense of restlessness taking hold of her, for she feels she has a dull routine everyday of her life. She emphasizes her lust for something new in her life when she states, “Why doesn 't something happen? Why am I left here alone?”(Anderson 110). This quote is after Alice questions if she is loved for and demands answers to the uncertainties that surround her. Much like Alice 's truth of discovering herself, Sherwood Anderson struggles early on to figure out his passion and desires in life. In the childhood and early life section of his biography, it is stated that, “Though academically good, financial troubles prematurely ended his education after nine months of high school, he left studies. However, he did not give up on reading and was a voracious reader” (Anderson 2). This quote supports the truth shared between these two, in which Anderson is also trying to discover himself through his passion for
Wing used to be a school teacher in Pennsylvania and was known as Adolph Myers. He was passionate in his job, however ran into problems with his desire to caress his students during class. One of his students accused Wing of molestation, and rather than facing his problems, he ran away to Winesburg, Ohio and changed his identity. Anderson explains part of Wing’s story, “As he ran away into the darkness they repented of their weakness and ran after him, swearing and throwing sticks and great balls of soft mud at the figure that screamed and ran faster and faster into the darkness”(Anderson 15). This quote shows who used to be Adolph Myers, cowering from his problems and physically running away from them, to in the end change his identity to Wing Biddlebaum. This relates to Sherwood Anderson’s life during his days as a manufacturer owner. Stated in his biography, “it was while he was enjoying much of financial success with this business driving extremely well that his health complications irrupt did. He suffered from a major nervous breakdown that some reports claim to have been amnesia or lost identity crisis” (Sherwood 2). This quote shows that instead of attempting to solve his issues, Sherwood Anderson was a lost in himself and ran away from an internal problem. This relates to the short story hands in which both Anderson and Biddlebaum both struggled to find …show more content…
In this story, the main character Alice Hindman struggles to find her purpose or desire in life; her truth. Throughout the story, Alice feels a sense of restlessness taking hold of her, for she feels she has a dull routine everyday of her life. She emphasizes her lust for something new in her life when she states, “Why doesn 't something happen? Why am I left here alone?”(Anderson 110). This quote is after Alice questions if she is loved for and demands answers to the uncertainties that surround her. Much like Alice 's truth of discovering herself, Sherwood Anderson struggles early on to figure out his passion and desires in life. In the childhood and early life section of his biography, it is stated that, “Though academically good, financial troubles prematurely ended his education after nine months of high school, he left studies. However, he did not give up on reading and was a voracious reader” (Anderson 2). This quote supports the truth shared between these two, in which Anderson is also trying to discover himself through his passion for