Flashbacks And The End Of Depression

Here the author achieves a more complex picture of the mill city and its inhabitants which stresses social problems and their foundation in the individual personality. The greater scope of the section allows Mrs. McCullers to consider those particular social ills which plague her characters: Blount provides a connection with economic exploitation, Copeland with racial prejudice Mick with the alienation of youth. The threads of each character’s development are woven into a tapestry depicting Southern society at the end of the depression. Flashbacks are used to provide a sense of movement in time. These movements are almost always used to underline the character’s connections with social difficulties. Part three demonstrates the
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