Winesburg, Ohio Lesson Plan

Describe the scene of George's inspiration. How does his playfulness on his walk relate to his sudden epiphany? Why does his epiphany come out in one-word declarations? Why does he feel the need to leave Winesburg after the epiphany breaks?

George's playfulness is purely an act of imagination, in which he invents a soldier scenario and pretends that he is in it. This shows that as much as George listens to the people around him, he's more interested in his own world and imagination, much like Enoch Robinson. As he speaks single word declarations, he's identifying the single truths of the characters he sees, much like the grotesques and the story titles. When it breaks,...