Psychological Conditions of Characters in Carson McCullers' Writing

Emotional, mental and psychological disorders are difficult to diagnose since the symptoms of person can vary depending on their severe-ness and personality. With the same symptoms occurring in so many different disorders nobody, even the patient himself, can be exactly sure what disorder he has. Many characters of Carson McCullers' short stories, "Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland", "The Ballad of the Sad Café", and "Wunderkind" in particular, have some kind …

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