Why does Carson McCullers use the term malady to describe American loneliness?
- to illustrate that Americans are nonconformists and, therefore, suffer from loneliness
- to highlight that those Americans who are lonely are ignorant of positive American features
- to compare loneliness to an undesirable illness or disease that is difficult to cure
- to suggest Americans feel loneliness as a positive emotion that aids development
- to show that Europeans, unlike Americans, have cured rampant loneliness