Sherwood Anderson, in the title "Paper Pills," tries to persuade us, the readers, in believing the short story is going to be about some kind of drug. Anderson in the other hand turns every thing around to tell us a story about two people falling in-love. The story begins with a description of Doctor Reefy and a brief description of the young woman. Then he tells the reader about the "twisted apples" (71)that represent doctor …showed first 75 words of 537 total…

…showed last 75 words of 537 total…to was in-love with this beautiful young woman.         The twisted apple is in everyone. If a person does not taste the twisted apples, how are they going to know if they like the taste of these apples? Sherwood Anderson brings out the character of Doctor Reefy out to be the "twisted apple" that has not been tasted in his essay, "Paper Pills." In the end the apple and the doctor are found to be sweet.