![]() ![]() In contrast to the Jewish women, Francie thinks that Irish women look ashamed to be pregnant.įrancie's mother, Katie, works as a janitor cleaning three buildings. ![]() As Francie walks home, she admires the neighborhood where she lives and notices the pregnant Jewish women, whom Francie thinks must have so many babies because they hope that one will be the messiah. The children keep only half the money they earn the other half will be placed in the tin can bank back home. It is a Saturday, and Francie and her younger brother, Neeley, spend part of the morning collecting metal scraps to sell to Carney, the junk man. The tree is called the Tree of Heaven by some of the residents, since the tree grows only in the neighborhoods where the poorest people live.Ī Tree Grows in Brooklyn is the coming-of-age story of Francie Nolan, who is eleven years old when the story begins. There is a tree growing in the area that survives no matter how poor the soil or water. The area is one of poverty, filled with recent immigrant families who are impoverished. The setting is an area of Brooklyn called Williamsburg. ![]() Chapter 1: The first chapter of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn takes place in 1912. ![]()
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