Carson McCullers: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Lula Carson Smith was born on February 19, 1917. She was the oldest of three children. Carson found herself to be very good at playing the piano at a young age. She shocked her mother at age six by sitting down and playing with both hands a song she heard for the first time that afternoon in a movie theater. From then until late high school, she practiced fervently …showed first 75 words of 2365 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2365 total…aracters have to find someone to feel sorry for, she created characters to feel sorry for so she would not have to feel sorry for herself. And, though her work leaves one with a feeling of sadness ,if people could just pay attention to the problems of everyone they meet, then perhaps the world would be less lonely. Until people can do that, though, humans will be forever trapped in a world of isolation.