The Pink Tree

"But this tree in the yard--this tree that men chopped down...this tree that they built a bonfire around, trying to burn up its stump--this tree lived! It lived! And nothing could destroy it."~Francie Nolan, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

My project for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was a tree hung with ornaments with quotes written on them. I chose to use a tree because going from innocence is like growing a tree; the tree can't grow with out a seed and experience can't be gained from innocence and gaining experience is like the tree growing. Francie is like a tree, growing into experience from the seed of innocence through out the book. She is also like the tree that grows in her backyard in the sense that the world tried to change her, to knock her down, but she just kept on growing. I chose the quotes I did because I thought that they showed this or show who Francie was the best. The tree I used was a pink Christmas tree. It wasn't pink for any reason other than it was the only kind of tree I could find that was the right size and with lights. The lights symbolize the hope that Francie always gave off and spread to everyone, amd her bright, fighting spirit the refused to be brought down, to be ignored. The tree,and everything in it , symbolizes Francie and all that I think she is. If I could do this again, I'd try to see if I could find a plastic Tree of Heaven, or maybe a living pine tree sapling, because I think that would have worked better, the Tree of Heaven being the one from the book, and the sapling representing Francie's growing into experience as the sapling grew.