Frankie Addams in The Member of the Wedding

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Frankie Addams in *The Member of the Wedding* is the lonely, imaginative 12-year-old Southern girl at the center of Carson McCullers’ coming-of-age story, struggling with identity, belonging, and the pains of adolescence.

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Frankie Addams in The Member of the Wedding canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
age 12 ⓘ
ageStage adolescent ⓘ
appearsIn The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
associatedWithMotif outsider status ⓘ
transition from childhood to adulthood ⓘ
weddings ⓘ
centralThemeOf coming of age ⓘ
closeCompanion Berenice Sadie Brown ⓘ
John Henry West ⓘ
createdBy Carson McCullers ⓘ
desires to belong to her brother’s wedding ⓘ
to escape her small town life ⓘ
to redefine her identity ⓘ
familyName Addams ⓘ
firstPublicationContext The Member of the Wedding (novel, 1946) ⓘ
fullName Frances Addams ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasFriend Berenice Sadie Brown ⓘ
John Henry West ⓘ
hasRelative Frankie’s father ⓘ
Jarvis Addams ⓘ
literaryMovement Southern literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod Southern Gothic ⓘ
livesIn American South ⓘ
small Southern town ⓘ
narrativeFunction focal consciousness of the novel ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
personalityTrait imaginative ⓘ
introspective ⓘ
lonely ⓘ
rebellious ⓘ
restless ⓘ
sensitive ⓘ
relativeType Frankie’s father is a widower ⓘ
Jarvis Addams is her older brother ⓘ
linked to: Jarvis Addams
roleInWork protagonist of The Member of the Wedding ⓘ
strugglesWith adolescence ⓘ
belonging ⓘ
identity ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ
symbolizes the pains of adolescence ⓘ
the search for belonging ⓘ
timePeriod World War II era ⓘ
undergoes disillusionment ⓘ
emotional maturation ⓘ

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Julie Harris → notableCharacterPortrayed → Frankie Addams in The Member of the Wedding ⓘ