Thesis on Winesburg Ohio
... “Death” offers, for the first time in Winesburg, Ohio, the possibility that true love will be realized, as the lives of two unhappy individuals find one another. ... The reasonable impossibility of their finding happiness together typifies the spirit of Winesburg, Ohio, since it suggests that even when two people find one another and have a chance to escape lifes loneliness, fate will plot against them. ... I think here is when George realizes that he can no longer stay in Winesburg, he knows he must go and make something of himself, his mother is no longer keeping him there, there is nothing keeping him there. ... The theme in Winesburg, Ohio changes with every character, conforming to show each character’s true nature, their grotesqueness.