A FINAL response to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Response to A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
When one grows up, he changes drastically. As a human increases their quantity of experience, they gain the knowledge of how the world works, which is something that he or she couldn’t have possibly comprehended in his adolescence. He or she takes on newer, and tougher responsibilities that have more of an impact on his or her life as well as the lives of others. To reach this point it takes a lifelong journey as you gain more experience every day. In the book A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Every human makes the stressful journey from innocence to experience, and everyone faces immense struggles and insecurities, as well as triumphs, while finding out who one truly is as a person, but the one making the voyage must be supported and comforted, for he or she is fragile throughout the course of this trip.
Everyone makes the trip from innocence to experience, and all face struggles, but some face different struggles than others. Francie faces tougher struggles that typical middle class teenagers haven’t faced, for Francie lives in a world different than ours with tougher hills to climb than wondering if that zit will ever go away. Francie has to deal with poverty and racial tension in the poor section of Brooklyn in which her family resides. A typical day for Francie in her childhood consists of wandering the streets and picking up trash to turn in for money, while basking in Saturdays warmth and comfort of having a routine in “serene” Brooklyn. Something she is content with. It is a great feeling to be a child with nothing to worry about. As you gain experience you become more aware of the world around you, but that doesn’t mean you can’t convert back to innocence for periods of time. Adults who are experienced enough to know that happiness doesn’t always lie in adult habits, nor is it innocence that can always create happiness. Amorous adults are the people who can balance themselves and sometimes convert back to innocence.
While amorous adults can become innocent and experienced without leaving the experienced side of the journey, Francie is only on the innocent side. During Francie’s Saturday routine Francie spies an old man sitting alone and unwanted on a bench, and has the fear of old age after she sees his mangled foot. This is one of Francie’s first steps on her road from innocence to experience. Later in her journey she faces more serious problems like when her father dies of alcohol and pneumonia, and she is forced to step up to the plate and put her knowledge of the world to work as she is forced to begin to work for a living instead of attend high school; something she has always wanted to do. From that point she lives in an adult world and is forced to act like one. Francie has to be pushed around by unfair bosses and unpleasant co-workers who do not respect her.
With all the stress upon Francie’s shoulders she shows that she has successfully made the transition from innocence to experience, and begins to notice the changes in the world around her. She becomes less content with what she has and strives to achieve better. Mankind changes motivations to do jobs or sports as they grow older. In adulthood people do jobs to support themselves, but children will do things just to be nice or because “mommy told them to". The same thing goes for students. Students in school change from in early grade school, where children like to do well so they get stickers on there paper. To high school and beyond, where the kids attempt excellence to be successful later in life. Francie’s motivations change because if she doesn’t succeed her family will suffer.
This book is full of elements and components that make it great for deep thinking. Although one element that is stressed is how important family and friends become in your life during adolescence. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn shows us that, during our teenager years we could not possibly make it through without the guidance, and support of our fellows. Teenagers mankind makes bad choices, for peer pressure and bad influences are abound when we are at our most desperate time to fit in, but ironically when we ourselves are at our weakest, our friendships are at there strongest and we will pull through. Francie feels the temptations. When her boyfriend Lee wishes to spend the night with her she wonders what her mother would say. She relies on the judgment of her friends and family to guide her through the toughest times.
During the toughest of times, in the darkest of places, and in the worst of situations people will find a way to pull through. When poverty and hardships cross the threshold into peoples lives, we fight back harder. Humanity strives to achieve excellence and rarely stops until that goal is acquired. Greatness can occur in the most trivial places, and people can rise from the lowliest of niches in the world. With all the hardships that people go through, they always come out better as a person, so as they gain experience they can be ready for whatever life may thrust at them.