Boekverslag: The Member of the Wedding
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I will tell you something about 'The member of the wedding'.
The Member of the wedding is written by Carson McCullers.
Carson McCullers was born in 1917 in Georgia, that is the reason why many her books take place in Georgia. Carson was very famous in the south of the US. The member of the wedding was McCullers' third roman and it won the New York Critics Award in 1950. McCullers died in 1967.
Story
The member of the wedding is about a twelve-year-old girl called Frankie Addams. She lives whit her father, who is a widow, and the cook Berenice Sadie Brown, who is like a mother for Frankie.
The book is divided in three parts.
In part one, Frankie is a happy child who has a lot a fun, but at the end of spring, her life changes. She is thinking about herself and she founds out she belongs to nobody, to no club or something like that. She feels very lonely. Frankie decides to run away from home, but she does not know how.
Frankie's older brother Jarvis, a soldier, and his fianc?e Janice invite Frankie at there wedding in August. That makes her feel she is a part of the wedding. Frankie thinks she is a part their wedding, The member of the wedding. She thinks she can stay with them forever. To show she is a part of the wedding, she calls herself F. Jasmine Addams, because Jasmine starts with JA, just like JArvis and JAnice.
Part two begins. The day before the wedding she tells total strangers about her plans because she is so happy. She meets a soldier, who thinks Frankie wants sex with him because Frankie is being so kind. When the soldier wants to do it, Frankie hits him with a paving-stone and runs away.
The marriage is a big disappointment for Frankie, because Jarvis and Janice don't want Frankie to go with them after the ceremony. She refuses to get out of the car. When they take Frankie off the car, she is crying hysterical that they have to take her with them.
In part three hates the whole world because everybody lost her. Including Berenice, who's trying to console her. Frankie runs away from home with her father's pistol. But the police find her immediately and bring her.
Berenice leaves the family to marry her fifth husband en John Henry West(her six-year-old nephew) dies at meningitis. Frankie, who calls herself Frances now, makes a new start in her life. Than she meets a girl from the same age, Mary Littlejohn. They get friends. Together they make plans to travel around the world en have a great future.
Setting
Most of the story takes place at the house of the Addams family. Especially in the kitchen, Berenice and Frankie talk a lot there. When Frankie runs away from home she is on the street en she meets people, like the soldier. And the story takes also place at the wedding.
Characters
Frankie Addams
At begin she is a little girl who finds out she belongs to nobody. She is very sensitive and has a big fantasy. She gets in puberty and you see the development from a little girl to a teenager. When Frankie's brother don't want Frankie to be a part of their wedding, Frankie her world collapsed. But then she gets a friend who understands her.
Frankie is a round character.
Berenice Sadie Brown
She is the housekeeper and she is like a mother of Frankie. She is simple and sensible. She is been married a lot of times.
Berenice is always there for Frankie. She is a flat character.
John Henry West
The six-year-old nephew from Frankie. He is always serious and gloomy. He cannot understand Frankie. At the end of the book he dies. He is a flat character.
Mary Littlejohn.
A thirteen-year old girl from the same city as Frankie. She understands Frankie. She makes Frankie happy again. Flat character.
Time
The story is divided in three parts, in the first part Frankie finds out she belongs to nothing. In de second part Frankie thinks she is a part of the wedding and the third part, when Frankie realises she is not a child anymore and that she have to accept the things in the way they are (like the death of John Henry).
Theme
Love and friendship, she is looking for love and friendship. And at the end of the story, she found friendship and love; she got a friend who cares about her.
My opinion
In first sight, it seems a very boring story, but it is not that boring because Frankie is growing and she has to learn many things. At the end of the book, she is a lot wiser and she found friendship and love in Mary Littlejohn.
I was also good that Frankie had three different names, in each part another name. I like the 'The Member of the Wedding'
It is not difficult, the words are very understandable and it is wrote very clear.
I will tell you something about 'The member of the wedding'.
The Member of the wedding is written by Carson McCullers.
Carson McCullers was born in 1917 in Georgia, that is the reason why many her books take place in Georgia. Carson was very famous in the south of the US. The member of the wedding was McCullers' third roman and it won the New York Critics Award in 1950. McCullers died in 1967.
Story
The member of the wedding is about a twelve-year-old girl called Frankie Addams. She lives whit her father, who is a widow, and the cook Berenice Sadie Brown, who is like a mother for Frankie.
The book is divided in three parts.
In part one, Frankie is a happy child who has a lot a fun, but at the end of spring, her life changes. She is thinking about herself and she founds out she belongs to nobody, to no club or something like that. She feels very lonely. Frankie decides to run away from home, but she does not know how.
Frankie's older brother Jarvis, a soldier, and his fianc?e Janice invite Frankie at there wedding in August. That makes her feel she is a part of the wedding. Frankie thinks she is a part their wedding, The member of the wedding. She thinks she can stay with them forever. To show she is a part of the wedding, she calls herself F. Jasmine Addams, because Jasmine starts with JA, just like JArvis and JAnice.
Part two begins. The day before the wedding she tells total strangers about her plans because she is so happy. She meets a soldier, who thinks Frankie wants sex with him because Frankie is being so kind. When the soldier wants to do it, Frankie hits him with a paving-stone and runs away.
The marriage is a big disappointment for Frankie, because Jarvis and Janice don't want Frankie to go with them after the ceremony. She refuses to get out of the car. When they take Frankie off the car, she is crying hysterical that they have to take her with them.
In part three hates the whole world because everybody lost her. Including Berenice, who's trying to console her. Frankie runs away from home with her father's pistol. But the police find her immediately and bring her.
Berenice leaves the family to marry her fifth husband en John Henry West(her six-year-old nephew) dies at meningitis. Frankie, who calls herself Frances now, makes a new start in her life. Than she meets a girl from the same age, Mary Littlejohn. They get friends. Together they make plans to travel around the world en have a great future.
Setting
Most of the story takes place at the house of the Addams family. Especially in the kitchen, Berenice and Frankie talk a lot there. When Frankie runs away from home she is on the street en she meets people, like the soldier. And the story takes also place at the wedding.
Characters
Frankie Addams
At begin she is a little girl who finds out she belongs to nobody. She is very sensitive and has a big fantasy. She gets in puberty and you see the development from a little girl to a teenager. When Frankie's brother don't want Frankie to be a part of their wedding, Frankie her world collapsed. But then she gets a friend who understands her.
Frankie is a round character.
Berenice Sadie Brown
She is the housekeeper and she is like a mother of Frankie. She is simple and sensible. She is been married a lot of times.
Berenice is always there for Frankie. She is a flat character.
John Henry West
The six-year-old nephew from Frankie. He is always serious and gloomy. He cannot understand Frankie. At the end of the book he dies. He is a flat character.
Mary Littlejohn.
A thirteen-year old girl from the same city as Frankie. She understands Frankie. She makes Frankie happy again. Flat character.
Time
The story is divided in three parts, in the first part Frankie finds out she belongs to nothing. In de second part Frankie thinks she is a part of the wedding and the third part, when Frankie realises she is not a child anymore and that she have to accept the things in the way they are (like the death of John Henry).
Theme
Love and friendship, she is looking for love and friendship. And at the end of the story, she found friendship and love; she got a friend who cares about her.
My opinion
In first sight, it seems a very boring story, but it is not that boring because Frankie is growing and she has to learn many things. At the end of the book, she is a lot wiser and she found friendship and love in Mary Littlejohn.
I was also good that Frankie had three different names, in each part another name. I like the 'The Member of the Wedding'
It is not difficult, the words are very understandable and it is wrote very clear.
Carson McCullers was een amerikaanse schrijver. Ze schreef novels, korte verhalen en twee toneelstukken.
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- The Member of the Wedding
- Carson McCullers
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