Grotesque's Loneliness and George's Growth In “Winesburg, Ohio” by Sherwood Anderson

Sherwood Anderson is called the first of American psychological writers. "Winesburg, Ohio" is the first work of fiction to expose the frustration, and inhibition behind the typical small town. Every grotesque in Winesburg had such a kind of tragic experience. Winesburg is the epitome of all mid-western small towns. Anderson explores the damages by industrialization to the middle westerners. George with all grotesques’ hopes and wishes to leave Winesburg, just like a moment of illustration in the darkness.