Hands: Paranoia
Beginning of paper
Pierce
English 102 b
Jan. 28, 1997
It seems that in all three of these works there is a sense of paranoia.
In "Hands" a man is fearful of what might happen if he continues to do as he has
done in the past, touch people. A terrible fear of what a small touch could
lead to. In the story "E ....
Middle of paper
.... "Adolf Myers walked into the evening or had sat
talking until dusk upon the school steps lost in a dream."(p. 884) "In a way
the voice and hands, the stroking of shoulders and the touching of hair were a
part of the school Master's effort to carry a dream into the young minds."(p.
884) This is a man that was run out of a town for something that was not a bad
thing. Nor was this something intended the wrong way. Mr. Myers did touch only
to pass on something great, a dream. Mr. Myers w ....
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