winesburg, ohio
The characters that live in the town of Winesburg Ohio somehow personify a condition of psychic deformity which seems to be the consequence of some crucial failure in all of their lives. There are many symptoms of their recoil from pure sexual contact in the truest form to drunkenness. In Winesburg, Ohio, by Sherwood Anderson, there are many stories that are being intertwined with the same theme. All of the characters are grotesques in their own way. Each character exhibits behavior which would make them a grotesque being, some believe in lying while others can not love or communicate with the opposite sex. There is only one character that doesn't display these qualities. His name is George Willard and he is a local reporter for the town's newspaper. Two unfavorable characters from this novel are Wash Williams and Wing Biddlebaum. One of the characters is unable to love anyone and the other clings to falsehood. Wash Williams is one of the best examples of a grotesque being from the novel. Wash has a grotesqueness that is both mental and physical. Wash's main grotesque characteristic is that he is unable to love anymore. When Wash was young, he was very loving and had a beautiful wife. Wash was a fine, happy gentlemen
After we read the stories in this novel, we can conclude that Winesburg is full of grotesques such as Wash Williams or Wing Biddlebaum. After this occurred, he somehow convinced himself that he was doing something very wrong and that his hands were the only thing to blame. After he found out, he hated all women, not just only random women, but even his wife. became his distinguish feature, the source of his fame" (29). Wing was very impressed with these words of wisdom, it means a lot to him. We, as the readers, learn that he as a teacher ". "Strange, hideous accusations fell from his loose-hung lips. His life just starts to go downhill from there and his grotesque characteristic becomes blatantly obvious from then on. He was one of those rare, little understood men. It is funny how his name is Wash, and yet he is a very dirty person. From this time on you must shut your ears to the roaring of the voices"(30).
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