1. Love In "The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe"
... , the manipulative hunchback Cousin Lymon, and the evil criminal Marvin Macy. McCullers' usage of social outcasts and her emphasis on their 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 ... 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 l...
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- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: Graduate