"There was in the neighborhood a clubhouse, and Frankie was not a member. The members of the club were girls who were thirteen and fourteen and even fifteen years old. They had parties with boys on Saturday night. Frankie knew all of the club members and until this summer she had been like a young member of their crowd, but now they had this club and she was not a member." (12)
Frankie in the novel seems to be alone. She is separated. McCullers says that she is not a "member," just as she is not a "member" of the wedding, her brother's wedding. Frankie appears completely isolated and alone.
McCullers seems to present Frankie's isolation in order to explain her obsession with her brother's wedding. I wondered if something in Frankie's past had been traumatic for her to react to her brother's wedding in this way. I understand that she is transitioning from childhood to adulthood. However, this doesn't seem like normal behavior. Also, Frankie really isn't alone. She isn't like Pecola where not even her mother pays attention to her. She at least has Berenice, John Henry, and possibly her father. Nevertheless, Frankie desires to connect with people.
Why isn't Frankie able to make any
connections with other kids her age? Frankie had a connection with these "big" girls beforehand and was able
to hang out with them. Why do you think the connection broke/ Why did
these girls kick her out of her club?
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