Question

Carefully consider the experience of the main character, protagonist, from "a tree grows in Brooklyn". Discuss his or her coming of age experience: what built up to his/her experience; how did he/she change; what did he/she learn; and are these learnings of universal value to the readers who read this book?

Answer 1

Francie with age experienced the problem of loneliness because she never had any friends.

Explanation:

Betty Smith's "A tree grows in Brooklyn", there is a story of a girl named Francie. With age she experienced the problem of loneliness. When she was young, she had no friends and she used to play with her imaginary friends.

When she grew up, there was again loneliness in her life, but by then she had developed the habits of reading books and made books her best friends. She used to spend time with books like they were her companion. The readers who read this book or who love to read, consider books as their best friends and companion.