Short Story Sucker By Carson Mcculler

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In the story “Sucker” by Carson McCullers, there is a conflict between two cousins, Pete and Sucker. Sucker, whose real name is Richard, thinks highly of his cousin Pete. Pete thinks his cousin is naive because he believes everything he tells him. The climax of the story is when Pete discovers that a girl named Maybelle has no interest in him. This is when the close relationship between Pete and Sucker begins to . After Maybelle tells Pete he does not like him, Sucker tries to comfort him, but little did he know that will make Pete frustrated. After telling Sucker he was a “slob and a dumb-bunny” they stopped talking for a while. Sucker started to hang out with a new group of people. At the end of the story Pete started to feel awful how