1. Love In "The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe"
... outcasts and her emphasis on their physical handicaps underscores their emotional deficiencies 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 ... , especially their misinterpretation of love. All three of the characters see love as something to coerce out of another person, a sense of personal satisfacti...
- Word Count: 426
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: Graduate