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Can you give me the summary of the story "Discovery of a Father" by Sherwood Anderson?

What is the point of "The Book of the Grotesque"?  

How does"The Book of the Grotesque", short story, relate to those that follow?

Is there anything grotesque about Sherwood Anderson's style of fiction?

How is realism used in short story "Hands"?  

How does the narrator's age (16) affect the purpose of the story "The Triumph of the Egg"? Use TE to help explain your answer. What positive human qualities does the boy associate with horses? Explain using TE. How does the story's setting help to reveal important plot points? Is the boy a hero or an anti-hero? Explain, using TE. When the boy discovers "the truth" about Tillford at the window, does he discover the evils in the world or is the narrator simply naive and in denial about the realities of the world? Use TE to explain yourself. What is the story's theme? Use TE to explain your answer. What literary elements can be used in Anderson's story? Explain.

Who was Sherwood Anderson (Winesburg, Ohio), and what was his relationship to Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and William Saroyan? FYI: After Anderson & Hemingway were no longer friendly, Anderson STILL helped Hemingway get work published! Hemingway was a member of “the Expatriates”. Who were they? Where is the story set? How old do you think the man and woman are, and what is their relationship? We know the man is ”American”; is the woman? Why does he not give “the American” a name?

Is there any short stories or novels that discuss the similar topic as the connection to the earth in  "The Corn Planting" by Sherwood Anderson? My teacher asks us to find another novel or short story to make a comparison in the topic of connection between the earth and the death.

How does the way E. A. Robinson provides flawed characters—as well as their struggles—in his poetry compare and contrast with Sherwood Anderson's grotesque characters?