"Whether in the pastoral joys of country life or in the labyrinthine city, we Americans are
             always seeking. We wander, question. But the answer waits in each our separate heart-- the answer of our own identity and the way by which we can master loneliness and feel that at last we belong."
             Many times, we wander through life feeling alone and isolated. We long for friendship and understanding, wontedly to no avail. Such is the case for the characters in Carson McCullers' The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Each one has the need and desire to be understood, however, none of then ever truly are. The characters feel lonely and rejected, and their lives intertwine in the search for friendship and understanding. Throughout this "journey" they each find a shoulder to lean on in one man, John Singer. Ironically, in John, who is a deaf-mute, they find a sympathetic ear. He becomes the one they turn to when compelled with the urge to vent their feelings. Singer is the one person in which they feel there will be no judgement, for he never actually understands what they say to him. They all have one common bond, whether they know it or not, and that is that in their own little ways, each has become an outcast. They have not been outcast form society as a whole, but they feel segregated from those around them. Although never verbally mentioned, it is because of this bond that the characters begin feel at ease when with Singer and slowly begin to open up, and start to feel understood and less isolated.
             One of the most important characters that finds solace in Singer is the young Mick Kelly. She is a gangly, boyish-looking girl and believes that she is alone in her misery. She spends time retreating to her "inside room" in order to cope with the fact that she is isolated and alone. "[Singer] [is] the only person in the inside room, and she expresses to him all of her joys, fears and other emotionally driven thoughts. She feels as ...