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Questions
Small says that this story is the "point where the themes [of the collection] come
together" (192). Anderson re-published the story alone in 1928 in his
newspaper, indicating his belief that the story did not depend on the others for
internal integrity. Without reference to other stories, what themes are
prominent in this story?
What is the importance of the animal imagery in the story?
At the end of the story, Anderson writes, "they had for a moment taken hold of the thing that makes the mature life of men and women in the modern world possible" (136). What is the "thing" he is alluding to?
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Critical Sources
- 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.
- Yingling, Thomas. "Winesburg, Ohio and
the End of Collective Experience." New Essays on Winesburg, Ohio.
Ed. John W. Crowley. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1990. 99-128.
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