Central idea and important character aspects of the narrator in Sherwood Anderson's "I Want To Know Why"
Title: Central idea and important character aspects of the narrator in Sherwood Anderson's "I Want To Know Why"
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 830 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Central idea and important character aspects of the narrator in Sherwood Anderson's "I Want To Know Why"
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 830 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Sherwood Anderson's coming of age "I Want To Know Why" is the narrative of an adolescent boy whose world revolves around racehorses and the perplexing emotions that surface when he meets the trainer of his favorite horse. In this tale, our narrator painfully learns the disappointment of upholding our idols to unrealistic standards and, more importantly, after the loss of innocence, the realities of the world are not always as idealistic as once envisioned.
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…showed last 75 words of 830 total…racetrack is a dirty, seedy establishment, consumed by the greed and desperation of men either making or losing money. In our narrator's innocent and pure love for thoroughbred horses, he has encountered an aspect of adulthood he is not yet ready to accept. Perhaps he will once again recapture his love for these animals but it is doubtful that he will ever view a horse track or its immediate surroundings in the same light again.