Why is it important that Kate Swift is a teacher, rather than, say, a bank
teller or entertainer?
Consider
"The Teacher," apart from what many consider simultaneous action in
"The Strength of God," in terms of development; is there a clear
structure or do the events occur in a more stream-of-consciousness fashion?
What
is the importance of the snow?
What
impact do you take from the several elliptical breaks in the story?
Can
you identify the "something" that George says he has missed at the
end of the story?
Critical Sources
Bruner, Belinda. "Pedagogy of
the Undressed:
Sherwood Anderson's Kate Swift" Studies in Short Fiction 36.4 (Fall
1999): 361-68. Available through EBSCOhost on campus, here.
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.
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