McCullers uses each of the character’s conflict between societal expectations and their actual personality in order to display the …show more content…
After looking for and not finding someone similar in viewpoints and character, Copeland, Blount and Mick all project their ideas and passions onto John Singer and see him as someone who understands their feelings and mentality. Even some of the characters compare Singer with Jesus. For example, during a conversation with John Singer at a table, Blount states “Me and Jesus would sit across the table and I would look at him and he would look at me and we would both know that the other knew” (McCullers 189). This idea of religion in the novel can be related to the human condition and people’s need for acceptance. After not finding acceptance or purpose, people projected onto the idea of a God. With a God there is no definitive viewpoints or feedback, because of this everyone is able to view the same God a completely different way, similar to the way the main characters project onto John