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Why is it important that Louise Bentley's eyes are
gray?
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Dewey says Louise Bentley "longs to [have . . .]
her significance confirmed" (199). In what ways, both obvious and
subtle, do you see her seeking validation?
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Dewey also says that Louise Bentley "move[s] into
[a closet] of [her] own fashioning" (200). How do you interpret
this metaphor?
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Anderson separated "Godliness" into four
parts, each with its own subtitle. Can this section of the story, called
Surrender, stand alone meaningfully, or does it depend on material available
only in the other three parts?
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Critical Sources
- Papinchak, Robert Allen. Sherwood Anderson: A Study of the Short Fiction. New York: Twayne, 1993. On reserve.
- Small, Judy Jo. A Reader's Guide to the Short Stories of Sherwood Anderson. New York: G. K. Hall, 1994. On reserve.
- Dewey, Joseph. "No God in the Sky and No God
in Myself: 'Godliness' and Anderson's Winesburg." Modern
Fiction Studies 35 (Summer 1989): 251-59. Rpt. Winesburg, Ohio.
By Sherwood Anderson. Ed. Charles E. Modlin and Ray Lewis White. Norton
Critical Edition. New York: Norton, 1996. 194-203.
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