... about social misfits to an allegory dealing with very complex and abstract emotions. Once the reader comes to realize the lessons embedded in McCullers' distorted characters and narration, it elicits a strong emotional response from him or her. The unidentified narrator somewhat haphazardly sets the story beginning in the relative present and frequently jumping back to points in the past past, relating ... 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 emo...

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