Hands by Sherwood Anderson

virtuoso particular afternoon take flight explains to George that he must forget everything he has pictureed, learn how to dream, and resist being influence by others because, as he cries to George "You are destroying yourself" (Anderson 3). It is during this encounter that Wing tells George of a dream, one which embodies the Platonic ideal of older, wise men engaging in treatment with young men desirous of learning. At one full stop Wing places his hands onto the face of George. When they share a foresighted and earnest look, Wing becomes frightened and immediately hides his hands "With a convulsive movement of his body, Wing Biddlebaum sprang to his feet and thrust his hands mystifying into his trousers pockets. Tears came to his eyes, ?I must be getting along home. I can talk no more with you,' he said nervously" (Anderson 3).

Wing used to be a school teacher in a school in Pennsylvania where he was know as Adolph Myers. The boys he taught divided a relationship with their teacher similar to the Platonic ideal and the dream Wing shared with George.

In those days Wing's fingers and hands were always expressing genuine heart and nurturing with his students by rubbing their hair or touching their shoulders. One "half-witted" boy begins to make accusations regarding "unspeakable" acts he imagines in a dream and then spreads through the town as fact. Adolph is nearly hanged by the angry parents of the boys who nourishment telling him to keep his "hands" off their children. Adolph's greatest instrument of expression, his hands, have been soiled, sullied and demeaned by the opinions of others. His dream of teaching, a dream similar to the one he shares with George, dies. This is why he remains a loner, has low feelings of self-worth, especially
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