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Biddlebaum's confusion and isolates him from his environment, to his detriment. Anderson also explores Biddlebaum's fear of his . "For a moment he stood thus rubbing his together and looking up and down the road, and then fear overcoming him, ran back to walk again upon the porch of his house." Biddlebaum "wanted to keep [his ] hidden away" for reasons that he himself does not know. In other instances, the author shows that George Willard, his friend, knew that his were the cause of his fear. Willard was "touched by the memory of the terror he had seen in the man's eyes." "There's something wrong…his have something to do with his fear of me and everyone" Willard states. Thus, Anderson reveals that Biddlebaum is self-alienated by his disorientation regarding his , and his fear of the use of them.
On a different token, Anderson points out that society has alienated Biddlebaum through exclusion and violence. During his career as a teacher, Biddlebaum ...

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