Walls in Winesburg, Ohio

Alienation proves to build walls around the characters Enoch Robinson, Wing Biddlebaum and David Hardy as they manage to estrange themselves from the rest of the town. "Loneliness" describes the fact that Enoch has imaginary friends who allow him to stay in his apartment and live a happy life without ever communicating with real people and these same “friends” prevent him from ever making real acquaintances. In the first story, entitled "Hands," we learn the tale of Wing Biddlebaum, who, like Enoch

, does not have friends, but has secluded himself for a different reason. After Biddlebaum gets accused of a crime he never would have thought of committing, he locks himself up and lives in his own little bubble, away from the rest of Winesburg. Somewhat unlike these

Loneliness is a big factor in the book, again portrayed by Enoch Robinson, for there is a vignette about him actually entitled “Loneliness.” In the story, "Adventure," the

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two though, stands the tale titled “Godliness” a story which includes David Hardy, an outcast who never really thought that he fit in. After being traumatized and alienating himself he finally does something about his uneasiness and moves away from Winesurg. David is probably one of the many characters that lives and dies behind his own secluded wall. These three men lead their lives and even die behind the walls that their accumulated alienation strategies had built for them.

ess of Alice Hindman is shown because she has been left behind by her man, hence

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