Through his work Winesburg, Ohio, Sherwood Anderson presents an interesting take on a small town in America. During his story, he makes a comment on the downfalls of heterosexual relationships and why these relationships do not work. To example the problem with these relationships, he focuses in on the actions of both men and women. Throughout the story, the narrator shows readers again and again that desire can be confusing for both men and women, but a man’s desire rules over woman’s desire, and a woman’s desire benefits a man. The narrator does not grant any character the liberty of fulling explaining their desire to another character, but regardless of whether the men understand a woman’s desire or not, the male’s desire is more important