17.5.10

Blog Entry 12: Initial (Pre-)Writing


The short story "Paper Pills" by Sherwood Anderson, involves a protagonist who lives in Winesburg, Ohio.  Sherwood Anderson was an American novelist and short story writer.  The protagonist in "Paper Pills" is referred as Doctor Reefy.  The short story describes the life of a widowed man. How Doctor Reefy handles life after his wife's death.  And actually finding someone to remarry. Symbols abound: apples, forbidden fruit, bitter, and paper balls.

Image link: http://mail.tku.edu.tw/kiss7445/KissHomePage/Story.Cycle/images/Sherwood.Anderson_01.jpg

Work cite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_Anderson

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