A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | Ideas for Reports and Papers
1. Betty Smith has said that she began writing A Tree Grows in Brooklyn after she read Thomas Wolfe's Of Time and the River. Read this, Wolfe's second novel, and compare it to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.
2. Look up a definition of naturalism in a good dictionary of literary terms. How is naturalism defined? Is A Tree Grows in Brooklyn naturalistic? Why or why not?
3. What are Johnny Nolan's strengths and weaknesses as a father? What do you like about him, and what do you dislike about him? Is he a good father?
4. Francie loves yet...
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