... to understand and belong to, that is described in light and colour. The object of our narrator's affections, also nameless, is the sister of Mangan; she is continually viewed in white or brown, and cast in lamplight. With the exception of Mangan's sister, only objects and nature are given colours: "The ... -covered books I liked the last best because its leaves were yellow"; "The space of sky above us was the colour of ever-changing violet"; "While she spoke she turned a silver bracelet"; "the words Cafẽ Chantant were written in colouerd lamps". The narrator and his young friends, all o...

• Word Count: 618
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Graduate

... 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 something to coerce out of another person, a sense of personal satisfaction that can be bought with material goods. The characters in the story crave to love someone else but fear to ... their own lives. McCullers effective usage of distortion showcases these emotional aberrancies in a brilliant usage of reverse psychology; by actively showing her readers through the story what love is not, s...

• Word Count: 426
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Graduate