... characters with in the town. The most important symbols in Winesburg, Ohio are the use of the words fist and hands that symbolize the anger and frustration of the characters. Wing Biddlebaum is introduced in the story "Hands". He is very withdrawn from the rest of the townspeople. When he was a young man he had a horrible experience that he never fully recovers ... from. This experience has left him quite nervous " Wing Biddlebaum closed his fist and beat with them upon a table- (p.29). This action was not only triggered by nerves but by his frustration as well. His whole life was effec...

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