I am reading my classic book, The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. I am about of a fourth of the way through it and it is just boring as all get out. Just awful. It's about this 12 year old misfit during World War 2 who hates her life, and her brother comes home with his bride to be and announces he is getting married next week. For some reason, not sure why, she is mad/jealous about it. The wedding is on Sunday and she's mad, but excited for it...? It's not a good book. I have no idea why the author wrote this. Maybe to teach us about jealousy? Or how everyone has troubles growing up? I have no idea what the theme is.
This is a quote from the book that I thought was pretty messed up, but memorable: "He smelled like a sour little rose. Frankie leaned down and licked him behind the ear." She just licks her little cousin while he's sleeping. Maybe if she wasn't so creepy she wouldn't hate her life so much.....
I have lots of questions about the book at this point: Why is she mad her brothers getting married? That doesn't make sense to me. Why did she start stealing things? Is the whole book just going to be her wallowing in self-pity?
----CARLYN.
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