The Member Of The Wedding By Carson Mccullers - 1504 Words

Weddings are meant to be a time of happiness and joy for both families of the couple who intend on joining their lives together. This cultural normality does not prove true for Frankie Addams, in the novel The Member of the Wedding written by Carson McCullers. Frankie is a young, twelve year old girl full of jealousy towards her older brother who will be wed towards the end of the novel. Despite being a tomboy, Frankie dreamed and eventually became obsessed with her wedding and the thought of getting married. The novel, set in southern United States in 1944, focuses on Frankie’s lack of a crowd to classify with and her desire to change herself to fit in with those around her. The reader learns of Frankie’s plans to run away with her brother because she feels she will fit in with him and his fiancà © due to the love she has for the two of them. The author develops this novel by creating a â€Å"fascination with the breaking apart of the individual and social body† (Thurschwell 109) and sharing this fascination with the reader. This character analysis will show how the novels plot is guided by the transformations of the protagonist, Frankie, shown primarily through her identity changes which separate the novel into three separate parts in order to develop the main theme of losing innocence. At the beginning of the novel, the protagonist is referred to as â€Å"Frankie† in order to show the adolescence and immaturity of both her and the novel present in the first part. In the first partShow MoreRelatedThe Member Of The Wedding By Carson Mccullers1235 Words   |  5 PagesAlthough a character of few pages and few words, I find Honey Brown to be the most compelling and intriguing figure of The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. 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