Mick Kelly And Biff Blower By Mcculler

Music is important in life, even if you don't understand it’s significance. In McCuller’s novel, the youngest significant characters, Mick Kelly, aspires to learn how to compose and perform music, unfortunately she is incapable because of her family’s financial situation. A deaf-mute, John Singer, rents a room in the top floor of Kelly’s house. During the holiday season, Singer invests in a radio that he puts in his room for his visitors to enjoy. Although he cannot hear sounds for himself, he shares music with his company. Additionally, the owner of the New York Cafe, Biff Brannon, seems to remember information about his past after he listens to music. Mick Kelly has been interested in famous musicians her entire life. Until Singer ironically buys a radio, she sneaks into a wealthy …show more content…
At Christmas time, Singer purchases a radio for his room so that his visitors can listen to it “Mick Kelly did not understand when she saw the radio. Her face was very red and she asked him over and over if it was really his and if she could listen… she seemed to listen all over to whatever it was she heard. She sat there the whole afternoon, and when she grinned at him once her eyes were wet and she rubbed them with her fists… for the next few days whenever he opened the door he found her by the radio” (McCullers 210) Although he cannot hear, he does wonder what music is and what sounds are. Listening to Mick Kelly tell him about her dreams of being a composer and her undying love for music makes him wonder what it is that she hears and also why she loves it so dearly. Later, in a useless letter to Antonapoulos he mentions that “[he wishes he] knew what it is she hears. she knows I am deaf but still thinks i know about music.” (McCullers 215) This shows that his witnessing her passion has affected him into wondering about more than just what he