The position of George Willard is a fascinating one. They all struggle from an inability to adequately voice this burning desire, and, as is the case in ‘Hands’, the story about the tragic life of the misunderstood former schoolteacher, Wing Biddlebaum, physical expression takes on great significance. Each person longs for meaningful human contact, whether from a friend or lover, to fill the aching gap in their lives. Winesburg, Ohio contains an array of interesting and unusual characters who all suffer from loneliness. The writer is George Willard, who as a young man worked as a reporter for the Winesburg Eagle. Particularly ingrained in his mind are the ‘grotesques’ of Winesburg, the small fictional town in Ohio that serves as the setting for each story. Sherwood Anderson’s book of short stories begins with an old writer thinking of the people he has known throughout his life.
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