... 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 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 ... ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... strong name," also serves to strengthen his ego, as well as increasing his desire to protect her for good. Scottie and Madeleine's fulfillment of the classic roles of strong savior and helpless maiden then becomes a driving force of the events leading up to Madeleine's "death," as he chases after her compulsively in a misdirected attempt to save her from herself, until he ... follow her up to the top of the tower, where he "loses" her. Although Scottie's determination to protect Madeleine, which stems from a deep-seated sense of insecurity, contributes hugely to the spiraling circularit...

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... his one true love. Tension subsists among the residents of San Piedro at the very introduction of the novel, as a blanket of silence has draped itself over the community subsiding there. This silence is not of hate present in the minds of the citizens, but rather of fear that interaction of higher frequency may re-catalyze the destructive feud that ensued nine years earlier, as the white citizens looked the other way when their fellow townspeople ... , the Japanese-Americans, were relocated to Japanese concentration camps in lieu of the ... ...

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... , lifestyle (no indoor plumbing, infested with rats), and speech is totally different from ours. However, the forces that operate in the world of William Shakespeare are not so different, such as the forces of wealth, nobility, power, and love. Like in our world, wealth, power, and nobility can buy many things and influence many people, but true love, real love, is something that is very rare ... and precious and can not be bought like other materialistic needs or wants. The characters that operate in this world are all obsessed with getting rich and becoming famous off of William Shakes...

• Word Count: 1874
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Graduate