The Ballad of The Sad Cafe
The Ballad Of The Sade Cafe
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers, is a story about a lonely and isolated town that is once the location of a thriving cafe Nothing was happening in the town until the dreary town became a witness to the love triangle among the three main characters of the story. Marvin Macy the ‘handsome’ man who married Miss Amelia Evans who was a wealthy and lonely woman. The two lived together only for ten days before they separated because she refuses to consummate the marriage. When the character Lymon arrived, he and Macy lived together until the former was charmed by Macy. The story takes place in an old abandoned city in a small and lifeless town. However, this town was not always so empty and dreary. Ms Amelia Evans suddenly had an idea of opening a cafe. For a while the town was alive. The people were also happy. For a while also Miss Amelia Evans was in love with the arrival of Cousin Lymon. However, when tragedy struck she was forced to close down her cafe, the entire town became boring and lifeless yet again. The only lively atmosphere in the town was now boarded up. Miss Amelia Evans, the owner, now spends her time barricaded in the cafe, staring down at the empty city every once in a while with her scary looking eyes.
Throughout the novel there is an evident recurring theme. A theme which is always present in the story is a feeling of unrequited love, illustrated through looking at the parallels of the relationships between three separate individuals. Miss Amelia Evans, Cousin Lymon, and Marvin Macy, are the players involved in this love triangle. The love of a parent, the love of a sweetheart and the love of a sibling or friend. Each of these forms of ‘love’ are shown very strongly in this novel, and much can be learnt from the way each of the character show their feeling of love.
The first key incident in the novel is where Miss Amelia first meets Lymon. Lymon was a strange looking man, and in other words as
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe by Carson McCullers, is a story about a lonely and isolated town that is once the location of a thriving cafe Nothing was happening in the town until the dreary town became a witness to the love triangle among the three main characters of the story. Marvin Macy the ‘handsome’ man who married Miss Amelia Evans who was a wealthy and lonely woman. The two lived together only for ten days before they separated because she refuses to consummate the marriage. When the character Lymon arrived, he and Macy lived together until the former was charmed by Macy. The story takes place in an old abandoned city in a small and lifeless town. However, this town was not always so empty and dreary. Ms Amelia Evans suddenly had an idea of opening a cafe. For a while the town was alive. The people were also happy. For a while also Miss Amelia Evans was in love with the arrival of Cousin Lymon. However, when tragedy struck she was forced to close down her cafe, the entire town became boring and lifeless yet again. The only lively atmosphere in the town was now boarded up. Miss Amelia Evans, the owner, now spends her time barricaded in the cafe, staring down at the empty city every once in a while with her scary looking eyes.
Throughout the novel there is an evident recurring theme. A theme which is always present in the story is a feeling of unrequited love, illustrated through looking at the parallels of the relationships between three separate individuals. Miss Amelia Evans, Cousin Lymon, and Marvin Macy, are the players involved in this love triangle. The love of a parent, the love of a sweetheart and the love of a sibling or friend. Each of these forms of ‘love’ are shown very strongly in this novel, and much can be learnt from the way each of the character show their feeling of love.
The first key incident in the novel is where Miss Amelia first meets Lymon. Lymon was a strange looking man, and in other words as