Thursday, March 4, 2010
Anderson's view of the world's inhabitants
In observing Sherwood Anderson's writings from a while back, I've developed an understanding and recognition of what he really was observing in people. He is a true modernist and looks at people to find if they have found truth and happiness. I believe that we all want happiness in life, but some people are blocked out by some of the choices we make early in our lives. In the story "Adventure", Alice made a decision early in her life that seemed to make her happy at the time, but stubbornness and the thought that without Ned, she couldn't be happy. Realizing that Ned was only a trap to lead her into a life of disappointment and despair, she knew her life didn't hold any truth. I believe truth and the search for love and happiness was the main goal within everyone in the modernism era. I believe a difference in politics prove a change in people's perception but I'll stay on task. "The Book of the Grotesque" showed a man looking at everything maybe with a little bit more wisdom because he has lived in another era where he may have known truth before. He sees these grotesques and reveals their faults and what they do makes them actually unhappy.
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I agree completely with what you have to say Mr. Fhlug. From some of the choices that happen to us it can cause us to not be able to find things to make us happy. There are always determining factors in others lives that we may not know about that they are dealing with. Also within this story of "Adventure," it describes how life is at all times. We can always think that what we are doing will make us happy but in the end we truly find out that their motives were completely different and had the wrong intentions all along. Great post Mr. Fhlug. I really enjoyed this.
ReplyDeletei also argee with what Mr. Fhlug said about Sherwood Anderson. A true modernist in his time of his writings. Anderson work's looks at people to find if they have found their happiness. In the story "Adventure" it describes how decisions can affect our lives for the good or bad. We can always do what makes us happy but the end we truly can see that the intentions were all wrong.
ReplyDeleteI would also say that I agree with your commentary about Sherwood Anderson and his style of writing. I believe it was CPT O'Reilly himself who said that Anderson was a true modernist. Focusing on what people say is their happiness is easier said than done. However, he manages to do so and express the nature that these truths pose which is mediocrity. Some people get so caught up on how happy one thing or idea makes them. This causes them to lose sight of the surrounding environment that reflects what is actually going on. Studies show that most people don't even realize the cons of their favorite habbits.
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