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…showed last 75 words of 2585 total…Through the brilliant novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith has related her own childhood experiences to an audience of over 4,000,000. The relentless tree, which endures all hardships in the novel, is a main symbol of the Nolans and all other families struggling to survive over time, faced with money problems, immorality, and duty versus freedom. Eventually the Nolans move beyond the tree, but the roots permanently remain embedded within each one of them.