![]() Throughout the novel, in his sleep, he is known to use his hands restlessly, attempting to talk to his friend in his dreams. John Singer, a deaf-mute, cut off from the world by his lack of speech and hearing, abandoned to isolation by the death of his one and only friend Antonapoulos, and left with nothing else for which to live, commits suicide, unable to bear his condition. It is made clear in the novel that the inescapable fate of man is to remain alone, for no one can truly express oneself in a way others can understand. Although she ultimately believes that life is Absurd, and existence tragic, she also suggests the possibility of rare moments of genuine connection and glimpses of meaning, which make life bearable. ![]() ![]() At the end of her novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers takes the opportunity to reflect on the inevitable condemnation of man to existential loneliness. ![]()
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