![]() The town itself is a lifeless and a dull place. ![]() Longer summers and short winters are typical for southern climate. The southern location of the town can be assumed from the following line: “The winters here are short and raw, the summers white with glare and fiery hot” (McCullers, p.3). This is a small town probably located in the southern area. The owner of this café is Miss Amelia Evans who is the richest woman in the town. The story happens in a café which has been closed for a long time. However, this is not the only thing that makes this passage interesting. He uses the present tense in the first few paragraphs, but then switches to the past tense for the rest of the passage. The author tells us his story as a flask back. What makes this passage interesting is the style of writing. In this paper, I will analyze only one passage from the book. ![]() These characters are Miss Amelia Evans, her former husband and Cousin Lymon. ![]() The story revolves around three main characters. Carson McCullers wrote and published ’’The Ballad of the Sad Café’’ in 1951. ![]()
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