Carson McCullers’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, is a novel about outcasts living in a small town and how their fates cross. |||||It documents the lives of Mick Kelly, a young tomboy, Biff Brannon, a lonely café entrepreneur, Dr. Copeland, an African-American physician, Jake Blount, a political radical, and most important, John Singer, a deaf-mute, and incorporates many very important themes that are thought-provoking and touching. Singer's life basically revolved around his one and only friend Spiros Antonapoulos, who was also a deaf-mute. Singer "tells" Antonapoulos everything he is thinking or feeling and it seems as though Antonapoulos was interested in everything but what Singer had to say. Antonapoulos only communicated with Singer whenever he was hungry or sleepy, Singer assumes he was listening and However, the two companions are separated when Antopolous is admitted to a mental institution by his cousin. When this relationship is severed, John moves to a small Southern town where he meets Mick, Jake, Biff, and Dr. …show more content…
The primary reason Singer is burdened with both roles simultaneously is that he is mute: his inability to speak, coupled with his kind nature, allows his four desperate visitors to project whatever qualities they wish to him and allows each individual to cultivate his or her own worshipful and mistaken assumptions about him. Furthermore, because Singer is mute, he cannot speak to many people in the world; he is restricted to conversing with those who understand sign language. Interestingly, the same physical quality that makes Singer a confidant makes it difficult for he himself to make human connections—which is why he, in turn, worships