Winesburg, Ohio

Winesburg, Ohio Essay The novel Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson is a compilation of short stories depicting the towns many grotesques. The novel defines the term grotesque as being a person who embraces a truth and a truth as being a composite of many vague thoughts. Most of the grotesques seem to delineate themselves through George Willard, the reporter for the Winesburg Eagle. They usually felt a bond with Willard which leads them to tell …

…for him to accomplish it, his whimsical hands. Wing is so self conscious of his hands that he does not assert himself to others, thus his truth becomes a lie. In summation the characters described above are obvious grotesques. They clasp onto a truth that runs their lives. This grasp onto their truth alienates them from society, and causes them to live a hermetic life. Consequently their grotesque ideals have gotten the best of them.