B.A. sem-6 A study of American literature.

1. Parmar Dhatri
B.A. Sem -6
A Study Of American Literature.
Topic : I want to know why by
Sherwood Anderson,

3.  Introduction
 About Author
 Characters
 Analysis
 Themes
 Conclusion

4.  Challenges of teenagers in modern society.
 Adolescences = stage of development by interpersonal
conflicts.
 Coming of age
 I want to know why published in 1921 in H.L.
Mencken’s avantgatde magazine Smart set.
 Anderson’s own adolescent experiences and his
personal passion of horse.

5. Born : 13 September 1876
Died : 8 March 1941
•American Novelist short story writer.
•Subjective & Self-revealing works.
•Known as Writer’s writer.
•Famous Work : 1. Winesburg , Ohio
2. Horse and Man
• First novelist to introduce new insights
from psychology, including Freudian
analysis.

6. Narrator
 16 years old boy.
 Commitment to learning
the sport of race horsing.
 “I always am wanting to
be a trainer or owner ,
and at the risk of being
seen and caught I went
to the paddocks before
every race”
 Jerry Tillford
 Narrator’s father
 Hanley Turner
 Henry Rieback
 Tom Tumberton
 Bildad Johnson
Minor Characters

7.  Short-story of first person narrator associated truth and
beauty with the world of horse racing.
 “ Horse racing is every breathe of you breathe”
 This feelings of attachment transfer to those who care for
the horses, particularly Jerry
 Placed Jerry Tilford on a pedestal, he is not prepared for
Jerry ‘s betrayal of his belief in trust and beauty.
 Jerry is a different person.
 Narrator got disappointed and “began hating that man”
 Narrator’s confusion
 Asking question “I want to know why?”

8. Passion Betrayal

9.  What did narrator believed at the first level and what
he saw about Jerry Tillford is coming back to reality
rather than what he believed.
 Trying to short out how these events have impacted
his life, the boy initially experiences only confusion
and desperation in his struggle to comprehend their
meaning.