A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud. (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Carson McCullers
- First Published: 1942
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The early to mid-twentieth century
- Setting: A streetcar café
- Principal Characters: The boy, The man, Leo
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Communication, Betrayal, Alienation, Emotions, Separation, Sympathy
- Locales: United States
The Story
It is not yet dawn on a rainy morning when the twelve-year-old paperboy decides to have a cup of coffee at Leo's café before finishing his paper route. There are few customers this morning: some soldiers, some laborers from the nearby mill, and an unusual looking man drinking beer alone. Leo, the surly owner of the streetcar café, pays little attention to the boy, and he is about to leave when the man with the beer calls to him. The boy cautiously approaches the man and is taken aback when the stranger declares that he loves him. Though the other customers laugh at...
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