Wolf Nature,Dog Nature and Human Nature——An Interpretation of the Theme of Sherwood Anderson's Death in the Woods

This thesis,by analyzing the wolf nature,the dog nature and the human nature,and their relations,expounds the author's personal interpretation of the theme of Sherwood Anderson's short story Death in the Woods.The author maintains that Anderson reveals to readers the ugliness of life and the strange beauty of life,condemns the loss of love and the dehumanization of human life in the modern world and implies Anderson's deep concern on the human alienation,an important theme in the 20th century modern literature.

Formalistic Study on Death in the Woods

Sherwood Anderson is famous American short story writer.Death in the woods is considered as one of his most famous and best short stories.In order to have a deeper understanding of this short story,in this paper,the formalistic approach will be used to analyze the whole text from the perspective of symbol and style.

The Big Sleep in the Woods

Now it's the time of the bigsleep for the bees and the bears.Even the buds of the plantswhose leaves fall off share in it.But the intensity of this wintersleep, or hibernation, dependson who's doing it.The big sleepof the bears, for instance, wouldprobably be thought of as amighty bad case of inability

like a babe in the woods

[对话译文] A:我弟弟在大学里日子真不好过。自从他开始学习金融,他的日子就开始不好过。 B:我能够想象他的日子是如何难过。事实上,说起金融,我也是一窍不通,你知道的。 A:我也不行。我喜欢能施展想象力的工作,而不喜欢具体的数字。 B:许多人都这样。我们天生就不是搞会计学的料。