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 ... form in 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 w...
- Word Count: 426
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: Graduate