"Frankie rubbed the wet palms of her hands along the sides of her shorts and said in her mind: Now turn around and take yourself on home. But in spite of this order, she was somehow unable to turn around and go" (McCullers, 43).
McCullers' use of a third person limited narrator gives the reader insight in the mind of Frankie. This tool serves to manifest motives behind the protagonist's action and magnify her thoughts to the reader. Furthermore, it allows the audience to form opinions on the character of additional characters strictly through their interactions with Frankie. This point of view consequently enables the reader to sympathize with Frankie regarding her relationships and affiliated actions. Additionally, the third person limited narrator serves to illuminate the theme of internal conflict superseding external conflict. The Member of the Wedding focuses on the struggles of a self-conscious and confused adolescent, and the point of view serves to assert this theme by providing the reader with Frankie's conflicting thoughts.
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