![]() ![]() With this in mind, Katie sends both Francie and Nolan to school. Consequently, Francie and her mother step up to the responsibilities her father devolves into an alcoholic. Under those circumstances, Francie was faced with impossible choices to survive and help out the family. Most compelling evidence is the amount of times they are forced to move because of her father and aunt’s bad actions. ![]() Given that her entire family lives in a run down apartment all they can offer each other is love. In the hope that she can watch her neighbors from the fire escape, she runs errands for her mother, including the library. Despite this, she loves her home and neighborhood. Flashbacks to Childhoodīy all means Francie didn’t have an easy life, the beginning of the book talks about how her brother, Nolan, and herself look for junk to sell for barely any money. Including her siblings, having multiple children places pressure on the family financially. In fact, Katie, her mother, and her father, Johnny Nolan, have another child-Neely-only a year after Francie was born. ![]() Granted that Francie and her brother, Nolan, are both eleven years old they are up against poverty. The Tree of Heaven starts to grow near Francie’s house. Significantly, this story takes place in the summer of 1912. The book written by Betty Smith, is a semi-autobiography of her life in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. As an illustration, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, this book explores Francie’s life through a looking glass. ![]()
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