Интерпретация произведения "Departure" by Sherwood Anderson

The story for analysis is called "Departure". It's written by Sherwood Anderson, famous in literature as the author, who used implication, wrote in the style of sober realism and depicted strange characters.

The hero of the story "Departure" is young George Willard, leaving his native Winesburgh in search of new life. He is excited and concerned, worried, his thoughts are devoted to the future, for he doesn't have any command of what is expecting him. Since 2 o'clock he had been awake thinking of the journey he was about to take, and wondering what he would find at the end of the journey.

I'd like to dwell on the following sentence, as it is a part of the setting:

"It was April and the young tree leaves were just coming out of their buds."

That is a compound sentence, both clauses of the sentence are directed to one aim - to show that a new life begins for George Willard, for April is a spring month, and "buds coming out" are used symbolically.

Idea - departure is a period when you feel ambivalent: on the one hand you dream of your happy future, on the other - you remember your past to say good-bye to it.

But at the same time he returns to his past, for without it there is no future. He visits the places with which his recollections, his everyday life are connected:

"The land becomes a wide green billiard table on which tiny human insects toil up and down."

George Willard had been in the habit of walking on Trunion Pike. So the use of lexis of great importance, "the habit" is the evidence of his life being routine.

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Анализ "The Strength of God" by Sherwood Anderson

The story for analysis is called "The Strength of God" written by Sherwood Anderson. The plot centers around a minister, in the soul of whom there is a struggle between his desires and his duty.

So the conflict comes into existence: that is the discrepancy between natural desires and religious demands, strict morality.
The main hero is 40 years old Curtis Hartman. He is a pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Winesburg. He has been in this position for ten years. The minister is a tall man with brown beard.

As for his character, he seems to be silent and reticent, quiet and unpretentious. But that isn't his nature. We should pay our attention to the word choice: "To preach ... was always a hardship for him", so he leads a religious existence but that is just his duty, that's why he suffers prolonged periods of remorse".

He isn't enthusiastic about his job. He is quiet, humble under the pressure of the strict religious rules, but he is eager for the flame of spirit to burn "in him", he dreams of a day when a strong sweet current of power would come and ruin his boring routine, meaningless existence, current which will give him energy and desire to act. So we can say his religious convictions aren't sincere, they are just imposed by the Church and society.

For example: "Reverend Hartman's experience with women had been somewhat limited." It is not his personal desire to avoid women in order to devote himself to the God, that is a rule set by the Presbyterian Church.

The following sentence also proves that: "He did not want to think of other women." His attempt to persuade himself in it attracts the reader's attention. That is the implication. So, he thinks of them as lust can't be controlled, but he doesn't want to do that, for the carnal desire is considered a sin.


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Анализ "Nobody Knows" by Sherwood Anderson

The story under the title "Nobody Knows" was written by an outstanding American writer Sherwood Anderson, well-known for using implication, the style of sober realism and depicting strange characters in his works, the most famous from which is his book "Winesburg, Ohio". 

The main character of the story is George Willard, a man who tries to court a young lady - Louise Trunnion. The whole story depicts a short period of time, so the author lets us trace all the events. 

From the very beginning we see that George wasn't in love with Louise, though it may seem so. He wanted to visit her, but doubted: "all day he had been trying to make up his mind to go through with the adventure". A number of nouns and adjectives like "in the darkness", "pitch dark" convey his state of being nervous, and intensify his doubts, preparing the reader for further events. "There had been no decision", "He didn't dare think" - those short sentences show his fear and confidence, and the author proves it: "In his mind there was a fear". Even when he met her, his fear didn't leave him. 

The sentence given by the author makes everything clear: "The whispered tales concerning her that had gone about town gave him confidence". She was a mere prostitute and George wanted nothing but her: "He became wholly the male, bold and aggressive". Love was out of the question: "In his heart there was no sympathy for her". 

Realizing all this we can formulate the problem tackled by the author - in their wishes people are contemptible, though desiring to stay clear face to face. To prove it we can mention the fact that George Willard thought over his adventure the whole day, but on his way to Louise he tried to avoid all people passing him in the street. 

So, summing up all we know about Sherwood Anderson and his characters we can say that the controlling idea of the story conveyed by the author sounds like this - people want to get rid of their loneliness, want to find support and warmth in others, but the discrepancy between their dreams and reality is too large. 

If to speak about the story, it's told in the 3rd person narrative and interlaced with descriptive passages. The prevailing mood of the story is rather pessimistic, as we for example come across the town drunkard lying asleep on the ground, and there's nothing bright in the life of town inhabitants. 

The composition of the story isn't complicated. The introduction lets us enter in the course of events and acquaints us with the character. The development of the plot is seen in the meeting of George with Louise. And the culminating point begins with the sentence "A flood of words burst from George Willard". In the denouement the pair walks along narrow bride sidewalks, as if nothing has happened. 

It would be wise to mention here that even the title of the story helps us to draw the conflict between a man and society - nobody knows what's going on in my inner world, nobody cares what I am in this world. As for me, I find the story quite deep and thought-provoking, making us reestimate our values in this life.

Анализ "Loneliness" by Sherwood Anderson

The story under the title "Loneliness" written by Sherwood Anderson begins with the description of the place where the main character Enoch Robinson lived. Old citizens remembered him as a quiet, smiling youth inclined to silence. When he was 21 he came to New York City, but had terrific problems. He wanted to talk to people, but didn't know how.

So, the plot of the story centers round a man, who didn't communicate with people, because of his inconfidence. As a result, he started inventing his own people in his own room and talking to them. Naturally that didn't last for long, later he wished "to touch actual flesh and bone people". However every conversation finished the same way - he told his companion to leave him forever, thus again and again getting lonely.

So, the problem tackled by the author is the following - man possesses the qualities, which the god gave him, and despite all reasonable and unreasonable efforts - he wouldn't see what is not written in his fate.

Lots of facts prove that: "In his own mind he planned to go to Paris and to finish his art education among the masters there, but that never turned out.", "… he was always a child and that was a handicap to his worldly development", "He never grew up and of course he couldn't understand people and he couldn't make people understand him.", "The child in him kept bumping …"

In those sentences we see the arguments of his always being the same, the way god created him. All this drives us to the idea, conveyed by the author, sounding like this - man can't live in isolation, if he can, that will bring him nowhere.

Enoch was a dynamic character. And despite that, all stumbling blocks and life handicaps didn't manage him to alter something in his life to become different himself. Lack of intercourse made him invent his own people. What counts here is the fact that he has come to the place where he started. Surely a lot changed in his inner world, but it didn't affect the result. He got lonely. So, we can safely consider this idea true.


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