"Sucker" by Carson McCullers

Imagine sharing a room with your little cousin Sucker. Your little cousin has lived with you ever since his parents died. Sucker admires you. He listens and remembers everything you tell him, he respects you. This boy still believes you after all the lies he was told. Once, you told him that if he jumped off the garage, an umbrella would act as a parachute, so he did and broke his knee. What you just imagined is what Pete's point of view is. The short story "Sucker", by Carson McCullers, is obviously a tragedy.

Carson's short story perfectly fits the tragic plotline. For the world is in conflict, Pete felt like he's been mean to Sucker. Talking to Sucker every night before bed was the rise to power because he was building a stronger bond with Sucker. The tragic flaw or human weakness was when Pete yelled at Sucker after being dumped by Maybelle. After Pete yelled at Sucker, Sucker started to dislike Pete, which was the tragic fall. As for the death or death symbolism, Sucker's admiration of Pete came to an end.

The characteristics matched as well. "Sucker" is realistic. Carson's short story is realistic because it seemed like something that really could have happened. I also thought that the main character, Pete, was in control. Pete was in control because he decided to start being nicer to Sucker once he realized how mean he was before.

There was a lot of tragic symbolism too. Maybelle was described to have red nail polish. Red is tragic symbolism because it could resemble blood. It said Pete knew that Maybelle smoked in her basement so he brought her cigarettes and asked her out. Basements are tragic symbolism because in horror movies, bad things usually happen when someone is alone in a large open space like a basement. Pete and Sucker would talk in the darkness of their room at night. Darkness and night are symbolism because bad thing would usually happen at night or in darkness.

"Sucker" by Carson McCullers appears to be tragic. Pete lost control, after being dumped by Maybelle, and yelled at Sucker without even thinking about what he was saying, which brings us to conclude that the moral of the story seems to be to think before you act or speak. It is really important to control yourself, especially when you're angry. Have you ever lost control of yourself?