Can't Spell Frankie without Freak

" The Giant was more than eight feet high, with huge loose hands and a hang-jaw face. The Fat Lady sat in a chair, and the fat on her was like loose-powdered dough which she kept slapping and working with her hands- next was the squeezed Midget who minced around in little trick evening clothes. The Wild Nigger came from a savage island...the Half-Man Half-Woman,a mophidite and a miracle of science. This Freak was divided completely in half- the left side was a man and the right side a woman...She was afraid of all the Freaks, for it seemed to her that they had looked at her in a secret way and tried to connect their eyes with hers, as though to say; we know you" (20).

Frankie, who is 5 foot 7 at 12 years old, often feels like an outsider. She says that she doesn't get along with other girls her age, that at school she is noticeably different from other students, and that she simply does not belong to a group. The passage about the Freaks is relevant to the theme of feeling like an outsider. Even though the Freaks and Frankie seem to connect to each other, Frankie does not want to be a part of this group because she does not want to be set even more apart from social conventions. She strives to be a part of the more glamorous wedding party. It is a theme that can often be seen in society as people want to belong to something and not feel alone, yet they would rather be alone than belong to a group of freaks, or geeks.

Why does the author make the story happen in a span of only three days?