Conflict in Frank Sinatra's Gum In the story Frank Sinatra's Gum written by Kelly Simon, the motif of conformity is apparent. The author tells a story about herself pretending to be a reporter for the Weequahic High News in New Jersey. Using this false identity, she goes on to interview Mr. Sinatra and ask him some pretty interesting questions. All the while trying to fulfill her own desire of attempting to fit in with the other girls in her school. After interviewing him she realizes that he is not what everybody thinks he is and she is left feeling very disinterested in the famous Frankie. During the story Simon faces three stages of this inner conflict: the development, the attempted resolution, and the realization that cannot feel for
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She first tells the reader that she really does not adore him the way others do when she says, "I pretended to swoon at the mention of his name so I would fit in" (Paragraph 1). Since Simon is not genuine with her obsession over Frankie, like the others, she is not included in any their cliques. The way the others obsess over him could be described by the way Simon's father says it, "drooling, moronic, autograph-hunting sheep" (Paragraph 1). When Simon says that she secretly does not adore him, she begins to question whether or not she will ever be considered as part of the cliques. Then, after all hope seems lost, she goes on to say "Still, I knew if I could get something of his, they might include me in their cliques" (Paragraph …show more content…
Sadly, when she got there she found out that tickets were sold out; however, she goes on to say "I had planned for this possibility and I ducked around to the stage door entrance and knocked" (Paragraph 4). This is when she gets to interview the wonderful Frankie using her fake reporter identity. During the interview she momentarily becomes mesmerized by Frankie as he puts a piece of gum into his mouth. She described it by saying, "I was mesmerized. Like one of those squealing, moronic sheep that my father so despised, I stared" (Paragraph 15). This memorization is however only momentarily because she snaps out of it the moment he speaks and begins that actual
She first tells the reader that she really does not adore him the way others do when she says, "I pretended to swoon at the mention of his name so I would fit in" (Paragraph 1). Since Simon is not genuine with her obsession over Frankie, like the others, she is not included in any their cliques. The way the others obsess over him could be described by the way Simon's father says it, "drooling, moronic, autograph-hunting sheep" (Paragraph 1). When Simon says that she secretly does not adore him, she begins to question whether or not she will ever be considered as part of the cliques. Then, after all hope seems lost, she goes on to say "Still, I knew if I could get something of his, they might include me in their cliques" (Paragraph …show more content…
Sadly, when she got there she found out that tickets were sold out; however, she goes on to say "I had planned for this possibility and I ducked around to the stage door entrance and knocked" (Paragraph 4). This is when she gets to interview the wonderful Frankie using her fake reporter identity. During the interview she momentarily becomes mesmerized by Frankie as he puts a piece of gum into his mouth. She described it by saying, "I was mesmerized. Like one of those squealing, moronic sheep that my father so despised, I stared" (Paragraph 15). This memorization is however only momentarily because she snaps out of it the moment he speaks and begins that actual