Protagonist Comparison of novels A tree grows in Brooklyn and Farewell to Manzanar

Jeanne and Francie
The main characters of the novels' Farewell to Manzanar (FTM) and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (TGIB) have a large array of similar characteristics. Jeanne Watkatsuki and Francie Nolan the main protagonists of their own novels' are the same in a variety of ways. Firstly, both Jeanne and Francie go through a wide variety of hardships that help shape them as people. Throughout the novels' Betty Smith and <Tab/>Jeanne Watkatsuki Houston try to encourage a feeling that education is an extremely important factor in the two girls' lives. Jeanne and Francies' mothers…