1. Love In "The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe"
... her digressions, goes into depth about the loneliness of love. The narrator describes love as a selfish, horrible experience, detrimental to the parties involved and a cause of great pain and suffering. The degradation of such an inherently human emotion as love evokes a strong emotional response from the reader, especially that of pity for the characters and their plight borne of an ignorance and ... misunderstanding of love. This initial pity by the reader, however, goes far beyond momentary pangs of conscience, it encourages them ... to take McCullers' lesson to heart, and not allow...
- Word Count: 426
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: Graduate