This study enquires into Carson McCullers' The Ballad of the Sad Café (1951) in terms Disability Studies. McCullers problematizes disabled body as ‘the other/marginalized’ by introducing a disabled/freak character, Cousin Lymon, who is hunchbacked dwarf and an outcast; he mischievous, talkative intriguer. Thus, she opens questions about characterization people employing setting gothic/grotesque...