The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers

Man’s search for spiritual fulfillment in their lifelong escape from emotional isolation has been a common theme in literature of all cultures. In The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers, a feminist American writer, this spiritual search...

The term “coming of age” is identified with many concepts of growing up: loss of innocence, solidification of an identity that adulthood is based upon, and conforming to society to one degree or another. These concepts are tied to various “rites...

In The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, McCullers uses the juxtaposition of two characters with very different lifestyles to question the importance of teaching and its connection to communication. Thus, she leaves the reader with the notion that there...