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 …showed first 75 words of 1277 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1277 total…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.