Accepted by Society

In "Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut" by J.D. Salinger, Eloise cynical because she left the boundaries of society in order to fit in and lost someone she greatly cared about to the war. As a result Ramona is innocent, imaginative and doesn't spend much time with her mother, which makes Ramona live outside societies boundaries and make imaginary friends she cares about. Therefore Ramona is forced by Eloise to kill her imaginary friend Micky so that she would be accepted by society.