There is a copious amount of reasons as to why family
is important, and these reasons appear many times throughout Stone Soup and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Stone Soup was written by Barbara Kingsolver, who is a divorced mother that has a fair amount of knowledge about the not so traditional family. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was written by Betty Smith who tells the
story of the members of the Nolan family’s difficult lives. Based on these
stories, it is easy to see that family is the people that love and support you,
no matter how you are related. Families can have their problems, but
still care for each other no matter what.
Both engrossing stories mention examples of true family love and not your traditional family functions. Families can be blended together by adoption or remarriage yet still love as if they were blood related. “His own cheering section of grown-ups and kids all leap to their feet and hug each other, delirious with love for this boy… The cheering section includes his mother and her friends, his brother, his father and stepmother, a stepbrother and stepsister, and a grandparent” (Kingsolver 202). This quote illustrates how a family can care so much about each other, even though they are not your traditional family. If a group of people is this happy for you even though they are in this type of situation, they deserve to be called a good family. In A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Sissy, who is Katie’s sister, is the member of the family that provides so much emotional aid to her family throughout the book. “She listened to everybody’s troubles... Sissy was a giver and never a taker” (Smith 101). Sissy helped Katie remember why she married Johnny during his dark times in the book and centered the Nolan family.
No family can be completely perfect. All families have their setbacks and hardships. “The sooner we can let go of the fairy tale of families functioning perfectly in isolation, the better we might embrace the relief of community” (Kingsolver 206). A family doesn’t have to the perfect Family of Dolls like Barbara Kingsolver describes in Stone Soup. Families with flaws can function just as well as traditional families.
Families are constantly looking out for one another in any way possible. The Nolan Family always protects each other for the brutality of the world. “My brother is next. His arm is just as dirty as mine so don’t be surprised. And you don’t have to tell him. You told me” (Smith 147). Francie and Neely went to the doctor’s office together to get their vaccinations. The both of them were dirty from playing outside but didn’t have time to clean themselves. While Francie was getting her vaccination, before Neely the doctor and nurse were talking about the dirt on her and how poor she must be. Francie refused to let them say the same thing to Neely she stood up to them so the same thing wouldn’t happen to him. She didn’t want him to be exposed to their brutality. Any good family would try to prevent each other from getting hurt and that is what Francie did.
In both, Stone Soup and Tree Grows in Brooklyn family love, family uniqueness, and how family looks out for each other is illustrated and helps define the importance of family.
Both engrossing stories mention examples of true family love and not your traditional family functions. Families can be blended together by adoption or remarriage yet still love as if they were blood related. “His own cheering section of grown-ups and kids all leap to their feet and hug each other, delirious with love for this boy… The cheering section includes his mother and her friends, his brother, his father and stepmother, a stepbrother and stepsister, and a grandparent” (Kingsolver 202). This quote illustrates how a family can care so much about each other, even though they are not your traditional family. If a group of people is this happy for you even though they are in this type of situation, they deserve to be called a good family. In A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Sissy, who is Katie’s sister, is the member of the family that provides so much emotional aid to her family throughout the book. “She listened to everybody’s troubles... Sissy was a giver and never a taker” (Smith 101). Sissy helped Katie remember why she married Johnny during his dark times in the book and centered the Nolan family.
No family can be completely perfect. All families have their setbacks and hardships. “The sooner we can let go of the fairy tale of families functioning perfectly in isolation, the better we might embrace the relief of community” (Kingsolver 206). A family doesn’t have to the perfect Family of Dolls like Barbara Kingsolver describes in Stone Soup. Families with flaws can function just as well as traditional families.
Families are constantly looking out for one another in any way possible. The Nolan Family always protects each other for the brutality of the world. “My brother is next. His arm is just as dirty as mine so don’t be surprised. And you don’t have to tell him. You told me” (Smith 147). Francie and Neely went to the doctor’s office together to get their vaccinations. The both of them were dirty from playing outside but didn’t have time to clean themselves. While Francie was getting her vaccination, before Neely the doctor and nurse were talking about the dirt on her and how poor she must be. Francie refused to let them say the same thing to Neely she stood up to them so the same thing wouldn’t happen to him. She didn’t want him to be exposed to their brutality. Any good family would try to prevent each other from getting hurt and that is what Francie did.
In both, Stone Soup and Tree Grows in Brooklyn family love, family uniqueness, and how family looks out for each other is illustrated and helps define the importance of family.
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