m and finds that in Singer. He actually believes Singer understands him when Singer really doesn’t fully understand him. Mick Kelly is another character in the book. She has poor living ways and desires to write symphonies. She cannot express her love for music. She is also forced to quit school and take on a job to help the family out. The main characters in this book all have problems but none come remotely close to Singer's problems. He is lost in the middle of all these peoples' problems, without anyone listening to him. He then commits suicide because of his pain. He feels he cannot live without Antonapoulos, who didnt even reciprocate his relationship anyway. All of McCullers characters have the need to be understood. Throughout the novel these characters search for something to fill their feelings of loneliness and reject but in the end never find ...
