"The Member Of The Wedding" and "The Catcher The Rye" are both similar novels in the way adolescents want to belong to a group of people but there is one major difference. Frankie is looking to grow up so that she can fit in with the people around her while Holden wants to avoid adulthood completely as he sees the adult world as being false and corruptible.
In "Member Of The Wedding Frankie feels like she doesn't fit in to a child's world. This is due to a number of reasons. She wishes now to belong to a more adult society.
Frankie feels alienated from the rest of her friends. When they play underneath the arbour Frankie doesn't "fit" because she is too tall. She resents this and sees her friends as "ugly screaming kids". Frankie attempts to befriend the older girls but they say she "smells" and when they talk about sex Frankie doesn't understand referring to this as "nasty lies". Here we see Frankie excluded from the adult world that she desires to belong to.
Frankie also......
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