#prepubescentproblems

"'All I would like,' said Frances, after a minute, 'all I wish in the world, is for no human being ever to speak to me so long as I live.'

And Berenice said, finally: 'Well. Then bawl, then, Misery.'" (149)

After a two day and 140 page build up to the wedding, all that remains is an even more angsty 12 year old than the one that previously existed. After all of her excitement, Frankie can only say that "the wedding was like a dream" and there is almost no description of it. The reader can tell that the wedding was not all that Frankie expected it to be, and furthermore, she did not get her dream of leaving her town with her brother. The reader can is told that she chased the car, yelling "Take me, take me!" Now that it is all over, she can only look back in spite and anger, because that is all Frankie knows how to do.

I chose this section because it shows just how unrealistic Frankie's plans were. It was just inevitable that she would be hurt like that, which I think ties in to a possible theme of the book, which is that nothing is ever as amazing as one hopes it would be.

Also interesting, Frankie tries to claim a new identity for herself, and no one ever takes her seriously, and finally Berenice gives in and gives her an identity: Misery. Capitalized. Because Frankie is the epitome of prepubescent misery.

Perhaps if it wasn't obvious, I wasn't a fan of this book.

And I leave with a question: Do you think that Frankie will ever look back and realize that her plan was impossible from the start?