Carson McCullers Having lived a difficult life made Carson McCullers a very strong minded person. Born into a highly respectable family with moderate means, she received an opportunity to play the piano at a very young age. McCullers was the oldest of three children that were born to highly regarded jewelers. At a tender age of seventeen she was diagnosed by doctors as having “pneumonia with complications”, but later was found to have rheumatic fever. …showed first 75 words of 1465 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1465 total…is not equipped to do so. All her thoughts on life are interpreted through the feelings and doings of her many distinct characters. Works Cited Baechler, Lea, Ed. Modern American Women Writers. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1991. Hile, Kevins, ed. Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Detroit: Gale, 1994. Magill, Frank N., ed. Magill’s Survey of American Literature. Vol 4. New York: Salem, 1991. Magill, Frank N., ed. Masterpieces of American Literature. New York: Harper Collins, 1993.