Questions
Why is it important that Enoch Robinson is an artist rather
than, say, a carpenter or a baseball player?
How does Enoch Robinson's interpretation of the painting (93)
explain his view of society?
Papinchak says that this story draws together several images
including "woman as a primal force" (23). Explain that in terms of
Enoch's story, as he tells it to George.
What is the importance of Anderson calling George a
"boy-man" and Enoch a "man-boy" (98)?
Why is October a fitting month for the setting of
this story?
Considering Morland's connection
between this story in Hemingway's iceburg theory, what can you conjecture is
lying beneath the surface of this story that is essential to understanding it?
Critical Sources
- Moreland, Kim. "Just the Tip of the Iceburg Theory: Hemingway and Sherwood Anderson's 'Loneliness.'" The Hemingway Review 19.2 (2000): 47-56. On campus this article is available through EBSCOhost here.
- Papinchak, Robert Allen. Sherwood Anderson: A Study of the Short Fiction. New York: Twayne, 1993.
- Small, Judy Jo. A Reader's Guide to the Short Stories of Sherwood Anderson. New York: G. K. Hall, 1994.