1. Love In "The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe"
... , 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 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 ... digressions, goes into depth about the loneliness of love. The narrator describes love as a selfish, horrible experience, ...
- Word Count: 426
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: Graduate