After I read Catcher in the Rye, I decided to read A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, The story starts off by describing a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, called Williamsburg. They talk about a tree that grows throughout the neighborhood. The tree is called the Tree of Heaven because it grows wherever its seeds land. One also grows in the tenement districts, where the poor people like Francie Nolan live. It was Saturday, and as usual she went to take a trip to the junkie. The junkie pays the neighborhood kids pennies for scrapes of metal they give him. Afterwards, they go to Cheap Charlies , which is a penny candy store. They use the pennys to draw for prizes. A first when Iheard they were poor, I ddn't think they were this poor...but after eading it some more, I knew they were really poor. I feel sorry for the family because there doesn't seem to be any hope that they will get rich. They had to buy stale bread and couldn't buy expensive things at all, they could only buy the bare necessities. Also I could tell they were poor because the occupation of the mom wasn't the best payed (she made a living by scrubbing floors) and the father has a drinking problem.
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