Throughout the book, Frankie went through many phases and changed her name three times. Many young girls go through a search for identity similar to that. Girls go through phases, looks, beliefs, and thoughts, just to establish an identity. The main character went by the name Frankie at first, then she realized that both her brother and his fiancée had names that begin with “Ja” so she changed her name to F. Jasmine. Frankie is struggling with adolescence. Her feelings are constantly described as sad, depressed, and lost. McCullers captured the difficulty in growing up as an out-casted person.

Most young girls want a group of friends with whom she can identify herself with. Frances wanted so much to be able to spend her life with her brother and his fiancée. She explained them as “the ‘we’ of I”. She even said at one point that she wouldn’t associated herself as being a “we” with her mother figure, Berenice and John Henry because she would much rather be a “we” with her brother Jarvis and his fiancée Janis. Growing up, it’s obvious that a person is known by who she or he s

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Jarvis Janis, John Henry, Janis Growing, , Jasmine Frankie, World War, Littlejohn Frances, Frances McCullers, john henry, changed name, frances stops, name frankie, main character,