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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frankie Addams | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| age | 12 ⓘ |
| ageStage | adolescent ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Member of the Wedding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMotif |
outsider status
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transition from childhood to adulthood ⓘ weddings ⓘ |
| centralThemeOf | coming of age ⓘ |
| closeCompanion |
Berenice Sadie Brown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Henry West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Carson McCullers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| desires |
to belong to her brother’s wedding
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to escape her small town life ⓘ to redefine her identity ⓘ |
| familyName | Addams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | The Member of the Wedding (novel, 1946) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Frances Addams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasFriend |
Berenice Sadie Brown
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Henry West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRelative |
Frankie’s father
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Jarvis Addams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Southern literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Southern Gothic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| livesIn |
American South
NERFINISHED
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small Southern town ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | focal consciousness of the novel ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
imaginative
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introspective ⓘ lonely ⓘ rebellious ⓘ restless ⓘ sensitive ⓘ |
| relativeType |
Frankie’s father is a widower
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Jarvis Addams is her older brother NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist of The Member of the Wedding ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
adolescence
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belonging ⓘ identity ⓘ isolation ⓘ loneliness ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the pains of adolescence
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the search for belonging ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| undergoes |
disillusionment
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emotional maturation ⓘ |
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