This comical and exasperated response from Frankie/F. Jasmine is a brief example of her struggle in adolescence. Everything around her is changing. She is no longer considered just a child and she cannot do the things a child does. She feels uncomfortable and outcasted in this period of change, so she takes refuge in adulthood. She musters up all the sophistication she can and tries to be mature, to be a part of this grown up group. But always, impulsively, her instincts as a child fight for a chance to be heard. She tries to act like an adult, a member, by discussing the wedding in response to Uncle Charles' death. Here her child-ness shows, she cannot get over the self-centered attitude of an angsty pre-teen. So here she responds with a quick outburst of hey! don't call me that! Immediately she recovers, masks herself in sophistication and uses her best adult language- "I don't wish to have to remind you."
Adolescence can be a terrible time for many people, is Frankie just skipping out on an awkward changing period by skipping straight to adulthood? Is she suppressing her true self as Frankie here, or is this sophistication a mature and wise improvement?
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