1. Love In "The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe"
... physical handicaps underscores their emotional deficiencies as the characters fall into a love triangle and each character shows their love for their respective beloved in awkward, childlike ways. McCullers also distorts time in the story; chronological order is thrown to the wind, and time often suspends in the story to accommodate the narrator's digressions on various topics. The distortion of the characters and the narrator that McCullers uses in her story ... elucidate their emotional defects, especially their misinterpretation of love. All three of the characters see love as ... ...
- Word Count: 426
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: Graduate