Monday, September 3, 2012

What is the awakening of George Willard in "An Awakening" in Sherwood Anderson's collection entitled, Winesburg, Ohio?

In the
story entitled, "An Awakening," byin his
collection, , George
Willard awakens to his potential in
life. He becomes caught up in a sense of who he
can be,
simply by believing in himself. He speaks words that transform him
and the
world around him. He is so strongly convinced of his power, that he calls at
Belle
Carpenter's house, who is actually in love with someone else. She goes
out with George, and
George believes that his "awakened self" should be able
to change Belle as well, even
though he seems to feel that she has not be
very nice to him in the past.


In the
past when he had been with her and had kissed her lips he had
come away
filled with anger at himself. He had felt like one being used for some obscure
purpose
and had not enjoyed the feeling.


However, even though an
awakening has come to George, it is still
in its "infancy." I do not believe that
George embraces strongly enough the
things that come into his mind about being different

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