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The Ballad Of The Sad Cafe Analysis

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The “The Ballad of the Sad Cafe” is an exceptional novella written by Carson McCUllers. This novella revolves around a love triangle consisting of the characters Miss Amelia, Cousin Lymon, and Marvin Macy. Cousin Lymon is one of the significant characters within the story and is the definition of an evil-spirited man. He uses a woman who loves him for his own benefits, he enjoys inflicting pain and causing trouble wherever he goes, and he has an odd attraction to another vicious, wicked man. The character Lymon is important because he allows the reader to better understand McCullers theory of love.

Lymon first comes to the dreary town the story takes place in to claim his kinship to Miss Amelia. Although he is an odd and gruesome looking man, with “crooked little legs...and the humo that sat on his shoulders.” (7), Miss Amelia was able to look past this and was very kind and welcoming to the stranger, eventually even falling in love with him. Despite it being out of character for her, Miss Amelia offers Lymon free liquor, dinner and a place to stay for as long as he pleases. Initially, Lymon is shown as a vulnerable child-like character who is in need of care, which leads the reader to have sympathy for him. However, his true self quickly begins to shine through, leading the reader to believe that perhaps he came to Miss Amelia, not because he was searching for a long lost relative, but rather because he saw a chance of having a woman bow to his every need. To support this

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