Compose a three-paragraph essay that explains how the writer uses a literary device in order to develop the central idea in the excerpt from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is the story of a young girl's coming of age and, as such, it is inevitable that she will lose the innocence of childhood. As a young child, Francie is unaware of the family's poverty and of the devastating effect that her father's drinking has on the family.
It symbolizes perseverance and hope amidst hardship. The tree is a recurring symbol throughout the novel; when Francie is born, Katie explicitly likens her life to the tree's. Katie knows she will keep living, no matter how sick she becomes.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is not banned now. It was banned in the past for having strong themes (e.g., alcoholism, sex, child abuse).
The end of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ties things up nicely and slaps a pretty bow on top. Seriously—things come together pretty neatly. Francie is off to college at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. This resolves the main conflict in Francie's life, and her dreams of education are pretty much fulfilled.
The Tree of Heaven, or Ailanthus, gained fame in 1943 as a symbol of endurance in Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.