Sissy's Aunt In A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

    Sissy was fourteen and married when she first became pregnant and from then on conceived stillborn infants. “According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, teenage mothers are more likely than adult women to develop complications in pregnancy, and their child is more likely to have a low birth weight

Today, girls have dozens of new ways to be appealing to modern society. From taking a little trip to the doctor’s office for a new face and body, to displaying a fake persona on social media for thousands of strangers to adore. Take it back to almost 100 years ago, in the roaring twenties, and social standards have not really changed. Women still struggle to become how society deems as “perfect”. Sadly, Daisy Buchanan, a woman living in the twenties, stresses through the same exact society standards that modern girls struggle with. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s infamous novel, The Great Gatsby, describes character Daisy Buchanan through use of imagery as a woman who is overwhelmed and stressed due to the impossible expectations and standards of

After deciding to move to the post office, Sister’s point of view towards her uncle, mother, and grandfather changes, yet it remains the same towards her sister. While Sister was living at the house, she mentioned at the very beginning of the story that she “was getting along fine with Mama, Papa-Daddy, and Uncle Rondo” (Welty 40). Also, she refers to her uncle as being “a good case of a one-track mind” (Welty 43); this is positively stating that her uncle is only focused on one certain thing and nothing else.

The novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith has five books. Book one starts of by introducing the year 1912 and the characters Francie Nolan, Cornelius (Neeley) Nolan, and thier parents Katie and Johnny. Francie and Neeley collect junk to exchange for pennies. Book two goes back to the year 1900 where Katie and Johnny meet as janiors of a public school. After a while Katie gets pregnant with Francie and then Neeley, then Johnny starts to drink. In book three Johnny, Katie, Francie, and Neeley settle in their new home. When Katie gets pregnant again Johnny falls into depression and which leads Johnny to dead. Johnny dieds of pneumonia. In book four there is no money to send Francie and her brother to high school so they statrt to work.

Mary Frances Nolan, more commonly known as Francie, is the main character in “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” by Betty Smith. Throughout the book Francie grows and matures as done any person. The book jumps around and allows you to see Francie at different ages as if the book were in chronological order. In the beginning of the book, Francie is young and observant. As she grows up Francie continuous to be curious but also takes an interest in writing and discovers that she has a talent for it. Francie goes through many rough patches and these experiences teacher to be stronger and more confident.

They have manifested a particular way to smile without actually smiling. A tight-lipped stretch from ear to ear, a cracked paper mache version of the real thing. This hatred-ridden mask of pure despise that can tear through your flesh right to your delicate emotions, if you are willing to let your soul be monitored by the beholder. Gretchen easily hides behind this persona, using her seemingly innocent trick/smile to swarm your brain with cowardly thoughts as if she, herself, is the mastermind behind mind-control. Hazel wonders if a smile from girls these days is even possible. If they have hoarded so much disgust for their own selves that even the simple task of a true, genuine smile will somehow make their bodies turn to stone and crumble, exposing all of their self-hatred. Continuing with similarities, both parties bring up flaws in another person 's life that at the moment are unchangeable. When Gretchen’s posse realizes that Hazel is more prepared than they imagined, they jump onto the fact that Hazel’s family is different. Raymond, Hazel’s disabled brother, basically has a bullseye on him at all time. Anyone can easily snipe him with physical and emotional abuse. By either taking his allowance or calling him names, no one backs down from targeting Raymond. That’s exactly what happens with Mary-Louise and Rosie. With absolutely no surprise,

Only one of her children was still alive after birth, because the doctor managed to save his life. To further illustrate the raw amount of time she had tried to give birth I included a quote. "After each futile birth, her love of children grew stronger." A lot of people would grow start to dislike children, but Sissy's love grew even stronger.

An American classic is a novel that has beautiful language, complex characters that change throughout the novel and is timeless. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn does just that. Betty Smith, author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, wrote this novel about a young girl’s coming of age during the early 1900’s. Smith wanted to publish a novel that showed the American Dream and the struggles of being poor in America. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is considered an American classic because of its connection to the American Dream, how the hardships of being poor prevented attaining that dream and the impact of Francie being a woman with the injustices she faced.

To start off, the tree really loved the boy a lot, and the tree really spoke her/his mind to the boy,and the tree certainly did not mind giving the boy stuff time and time again and the boy took it for granted without even saying thank you nor did he show appreciation.The Tree was selfless and the boy was selfish.

The theme of the two short stories is that no matter how weak or slower you are compared to everyone else, don't give up because you are always powerful on the inside and you have potential. Also when some people may see you as a delicate person/thing, you must show them how strong you really are. The four skinny trees from “ Four Skinny Trees” by Sandra Cisneros, shows that the trees may have looked weak but on the inside, they are strong and work through their problems. The trees stood up tall on the sidewalk growing past the concrete. The narrator in the story was relating herself to three.

Millie was born in Brooklyn, in 1898; she was one of twelve children. Millie constantly compared herself negatively with her eldest sister, the fortunate, preferred sibling in her mind. Her eldest sister was an artist and Millie considered herself more of the domestic one. From her earliest childhood Millie has resented this sister for the attention she believed she received from their mother. I can relate to Millie in this aspect of her life because I was the sister that helped my mother with all the domestic work and it composed me to feel less valued and I felt my mother lack the attention I desired causing a damaging impact on our relationship.

Fragrant Hills is the most welcoming town in America. No smile fails to rise at a newcomer, and each and every happy citizen never fails to greet their neighbors on their morning walks, which is a beloved hobby of most citizens. The cheer is especially high when the cool air of spring first gives way to the warm embrace of May. The old folk happily walk their dogs on the sidewalk and enjoy the beautiful green trees blowing peacefully in the soft wind. Children skip home from school, eagerly awaiting the time they can throw off their backpacks and spend all of summer with their friends and fun.

Frances is a very demanding character that seems to take the leadership role in everything she does. She is depicted as the dominant one in her relationship with Cohn. When she is talking to Jake about Cohn leaving her the reader is shown a vulnerable side of her for the first time. During her conversation with Jake the reader learns that she truly does love Cohn by the way that she quickly got a divorce without trying to get money out of her ex-husband. Without Cohn she would not be as successful as the reader would think her to be because of the way she compares herself to him. She relies on him financially even though it seems like she is the breadwinner in the relationship, which is why she fears Cohn leaving her. In a way she tries to

One of Sissy's original traits was her constant blushing and curtseying; women were compassionate and polite, never arguing and never having an opinion. Cecilia is again portrayed as incompetent when she is asked to define a horse, however is unable and shown up by an exaggerated ideal Gradgrind in the making, Bitzer, who with ease programs his mind to calculate an exact answer and proves his right to be called a man, or machine. At the end of the chapter it seems Gradgrind slams a door on Cecilia's mind telling her 'you are never to fancy' and lectures his students on the importance of 'facts, facts, facts' but if I am not mistaken this translates to 'Men, Men, Men'. Sissy is an emotional girl, represented in her blushing blood filled cheeks,

I saw the tree as I rounded the corner of the street, my mother’s apple tree, with its boughs stooping low and leaves twirling in the light autumn breeze. It was shorter than I remembered, its branches no longer reached towards the stars, nor did its roots stretch beyond horizons. Instead it was like any other old tree, confined to the tiny front yard of my mother’s antiquated Victorian cottage, trapped between the cobbled footpath and the peeling picket fences.