Attention, I really screwed up the author’s name in this. His name is Sherwood, not Sherwin. I guess that comes from writing the paper at 3am. I actually spent several days rewriting this paper. The paper compares and contrasts two stories from Winesburg, and received an 89 or 90, I don’t remember. It was submitted in an Honors English class, the hardest english level at my school. I hope it’s high quality bullshit. Have a nice day.
A plethora of symbols abound in the two short stories “A Man of Ideas” and “Paper Pills”. In Winesburg, hands hold special priority, because the town relies on the hands of the workers to support itself. In the novel, Winesburg, Ohio, hands also mean more than the ability to accomplish a hard day’s work. The symbolism of hands as a window to the character of an individual becomes apparent when Sherwin Anderson jumps into symbolic hands shortly after the introduction of each short story. Hands represent the person’s personality, and perhaps traits or idiosyncrasies manifest themselves in the hands of a person. Dr. Reefy’s knuckles stand out as his hand’s most obvious features, and they represent a kinship between the doctor, and the gnarled apples which strongly resemble his knuckles.
“Winesburg had forgotten the old man, but in Doctor Reefy there were the seeds of something very fine … One the trees are only a few gnarled apples that the pickers have rejected. They look like the knuckles of Doctor Reefy’s hands. One nibbles at them, and they are delicious. Into a little round place at the side of the apple has been gathered all of its sweetness … Only the few know the sweetness of the twisted apples. (35-36)
The Research paper on Strategic leadership and innovation at Apple Inc.
Introduction In this case-based report, 2 out of 3 given questions will be chosen to assess and discuss in details from different perspectives in relation to the case study “Strategic leadership and innovation at Apple Inc.” (De Wit & Meyer, 2010, p. 681) (Heracleous, 2010) by using relevant paradoxes and theories from the book: Strategy – Process, content, context: An international ...
Joe Welling, in “A Man of Ideas” and Dr. Reefy, in “Paper Pills” both think grandly of themselves, and hold their thoughts in high esteems. However, the way their egos inflate this “truth” into grotesqueness contrasts as greatly as the physical appearances of the two men. Dr. Reefy, with his large hands, nose, and beard, shrinks back into a shell. He conserves his thoughts for his personal use in erecting mountains of truth, because no one else deserves them. However, the small, fiery oil dealer, Joe Welling, gushes energy and ideas like an oil strike, and he tries to forcefully share his wealth of ideas. The two thinkers’ egos disrupt their minds, and corrupt their truths and them until they become grotesques. The grotesques result from believing they represent the final truth. Stretching righteousness bothers Anderson, and in these stories, he demonstrates how grotesques form from people too willing to believe in their dazzling reason and logic. His witty stories filled with symbols, irony, and carefully drawn caricatures demonstrate the egotistical path to grotesqueness.
