I'm a Fool
Sherwood Anderson's "I'm a Fool" is a very truthful story. Andy, the young "fool" in the story, is a good example of an actual 19-year-old boy trying to impress a girl. He ends up making a fool of himself by lying. This lie gets him what he wants at the time, but ends up ruining his future with Lucy. Like a typical human, after he makes his mistake, he finds something and someone to blame it on. "I'm a Fool" captured all of the qualities of real life. Andy faces many small conflicts during his journey, most of which are man versus man. However, all of these conflicts come from his conflict inside himself. At the exposition of the story, Andy's mother and sister are trying to convince him not to leave to become a horse swipe. His sister, Mildred, thought that if Andy took the job, it would stand in her way of getting a teaching position. Andy couldn't u
nderstand the importance of social appearance. However, whether he knew it or not, he too realized the importance as he exaggerated his social standing to impress Lucy Wesson. Andy is in a very difficult stage of his life. He is striving to become a man. Everything in his life is a conflict. This episode was just one of many life lessons he will go through. Andy is very naive and innocent. When he first meets Lucy, Wilbur, and Elinor, he tells them he is Walter Mathers Jr. of Marietta, Ohio. His excuse for this lie at the time was that they had "swell" names. At first this started out as an innocent lie. After Andy spent all day with his three new friends, a relationship began to bloom between him and Lucy. She even kissed him. Then before she boarded her train, Lucy told Andy, "It won't be long because you'll write me and I'll write to you." Th
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Approximate Word count = 584
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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