1. Love In "The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe"
... 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 ... 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 r...
- Word Count: 426
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: Graduate