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Hands

By Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941)
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Type of Work, Setting, Characters, Tone
Point of View, Flashback, Plot Summary, Climax
Theme, Today's Biddlebaums, Figures of Speech, Study Questions
Writing Topics, Biography of Anderson, Complete Free Text, Index of Study Guides
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Study Guide Prepared by Michael J. Cummings... 2012

Type of Work and Publication Year
......."Hands" is a short story centering on the psychological trauma a teacher suffers after parents falsely accuse him of fondling male students. It was first published in 1916 in The Masses, a Chicago literary magazine. The New York firm of B. W. Huebsch published the story in 1919 as part of Winesburg, Ohio, a …show more content…
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Comparison of Biddle's fist-pounding to the pecking of a woodpecker
Study Questions and Writing Topics * Use the following sentence from the story to form a thesis for an essay about the effects of unsubstantiated charges, then write the essay. "Hidden, shadowy doubts that had been in men's minds concerning Adolph Myers were galvanized into beliefs." * The first sentence of the story says, "Upon the half decayed veranda of a small frame house that stood near the edge of a ravine near the town of Winesburg, Ohio, a fat little old man walked nervously up and down." Does the word ravine suggest that Biddlebaum is living psychologically on the edge of a precipice? Does the location of his house suggest that he is isolated from humanity? Does the "half decayed veranda" suggest anything about Biddlebaum? * In your opinion, what kind of person was the man who beat Biddlebaum? * The narrator mentions that Biddlebaum ate bread laced with honey. Does eating provide a refuge for him from his
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