1. Love In "The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe"
... 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 else but fear to be its recipient. Even the narrator, in one of his or her digressions, goes into depth about ... the loneliness of love. The narrator describes love as a selfish, horrible experience, detrimental to the parties involved and a cause of great pain and suffering ... ...
- Word Count: 426
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: Graduate