![]() ![]() The theme, however, is a betrayal of standards rather than a sexual awakening. In concert with the roving freedom of the young men of this story, his dominant interests and his many jobs prevented his completing high school, articulated here and in other works in a groping search for meaning among fragmented experiences.Ī variation of a journey of initiation, "I Want to Know Why" presents a boy of 15 years teetering on the verge of sexual discovery, suffering a shock to his innocence, and a year later-though he speaks of maturity-being still mystified. ![]() He enjoyed companionship with jockeys, grooms, and trainers. "I Want to Know Why," published in the collection The Triumph of the Egg: A Book of Impressions of American Life in Tales and Poems (1921), the fifth book by Sherwood Anderson, reflects the many menial jobs in his youth that familiarized him with the people and procedures of livery and racehorse stables.
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