Rommely family

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The Rommely family is a fictional immigrant family of strong-willed, working-class characters in Betty Smith’s novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn."

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Rommely family canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional family
literary character group
appearsIn A Tree Grows in Brooklyn NERFINISHED
centralToCharacter Francie Nolan NERFINISHED
createdBy Betty Smith NERFINISHED
culturalContext Catholic
daughter Evie Rommely NERFINISHED
Katie Rommely Nolan NERFINISHED
Sissy Rommely NERFINISHED
familyOrigin Austrian
firstPublicationContext A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943) NERFINISHED
immigrantStatus immigrant family
influences Francie Nolan’s values
languageBackground German-speaking
literaryGenreContext Bildungsroman
motherFigure Mary Rommely NERFINISHED
nationalityContext Austro-Hungarian immigrants
notableMember Evie Rommely NERFINISHED
Katie Rommely Nolan NERFINISHED
Mary Rommely NERFINISHED
Sissy Rommely NERFINISHED
portrayedAs deeply religious
hardworking
strong-willed
relatedFamily Nolan family NERFINISHED
setIn Brooklyn NERFINISHED
socialClass working class
thematicRole embodies working-class struggle
represents immigrant resilience
timePeriod early 20th century

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Evie Rommely partOf Rommely family