Hands Discussion Questions

This Study Guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Hands.

Hands Discussion Questions

This Study Guide consists of approximately 43 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Hands.
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Using the Oxford English Dictionary and a dictionary of literary terms, investigate meanings of the word "grotesque," especially as it is used as a noun. Learn how the meanings have changed over time. In what ways is Wing Biddlebaum a grotesque?

Look at a few paragraphs from short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, or other nineteenthcentury American writers. Compare individual sentences in these writers' works with sentences in "Hands." How do the styles compare? What new things was Anderson attempting to do with his prose?

Some early reviewers of Anderson's short stories wrote that the author was cold and distant and created characters even he did not care about. Based on "Hands," do you think this assessment is accurate?

Look closely at the passages in "Hands" where Adolph Myers' relationship with his students is described. Do...

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