Good morning, distinguished teachers andclassmates. My name is Futing and my supervisor is Fangyan. , I have finishedmy paper, with her sincere guidance. Although she is not here, I’d like toexpress my gratitude to her. Now I will present my efforts to you andgratefully welcome any corrections.The title of mypaper is “An Analysis of the Characterization of theGrotesque in Winesburg, Ohio”Next, it is thecontents of my paper. Introduction presents an brief introductionto Sherwood Anderson and Winesburg, Ohio. Anderson(1876-1941) is one ofthe most important writers on American short story in 20th century. He earns areputation as “a writers’ writer”. Winesburg, Ohio, This book has 25 shortstories and it gives us a vivid description of the living condition and socialenvironment of grotesque..Here, Anderson defines the grotesques asthe combination of the twist and sweetness. No matter how horrible they seem tothe ordinary people’s eyes, they still have so many and shining qualities whichmake them sweet and beautiful. Moreover, Anderson never mean to make thegrotesques ugly, but takes them as examples to present the unsuccessful people’slife in America in his times.In this part, I discussed the images in details bygiving 3 examples.Then, the thesis turns to a detaileddiscussion of the characters. I put weight on the physical deformities and thepsychological problems. Their physical deformities are outside signs orexpressions, such as Doctor Reefy’s “large knuckles of his hands” thereare two kinds of representative psychological problems. The first problem istheir inability to communicate, the grotesques cannot find a right way tocommunicate with each other. The second is their inability to distinguishillusion and reality, so, the grotesques are unable to live happily in reality. Whereafter, This part studies the causes ofgrotesquery. The causes include the personal causes and the social causes. In conclusion, Sherwood Anderson’s use of“grotesque” is quitedifferent. He shows great understanding towards them. Although they havephysical deformities and psychological problems, they never give up the searchfor love and understanding. In modern society, we are all facing the high-speeddevelopment of technology and economy, as well as the weakness in human nature.In this case, people need more powerful inner support and even stronger belieffor a better life.作品特点,Though its structure seems loose,Winesburg, Ohio is unified in time, place, character, theme, style, and form togreater extent than any of his later connections,functionalfigure George Willard. this novel gives us a vivid description of theliving condition and social environment of Winesburg grotesques.主题,show the indifference between people Many of Anderson's contributions to Americanliterature reflect his own struggles between the material and spiritual worldsas husband, father, author, and businessman and also cover issues aswide-ranging from labor conditions to marriage.Triumph of the eggThe Purpose ofmy paper is to make contributions so that we can know more about the grotesqueand their complicated world. Besides,I try to find out the significant meaningbehind grotesque.The Significanceof my paper is : A.To let the readers make sure about what is grotesques and their complicatedinner world and their struggle between the social reality and the ideal. B. Toimprove my own research levels from both the theoretic aspects and thepractical aspects.personal causes, they need love but they don’t communicate.Always indulging in their own world. 不堪回首的往事,mostof them fail to satisfy their wishes.social causes, in the background of a transition of America from theagricultural society to the industrial society.工业发展,快速发展的价值观破坏了他们的生活,是他们无法适应时代只是一味的坚持自己的真理Personal 通过小城镇反映了整个美国的状态安德森被认为是美国现代小说的指路标,小城畸人打破了人物“不是好人就是坏蛋”定型的写法The reason ,I have read this novel in the literaturecourse.I just wondering what is grotesque? And I even don’t know the meaning ofthe word. I wanna know more about it.WHAT IS G: it’skind of people who take one of the truths to himself and try to live by it thenbecome a grotesque.