Francie Nolan

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fictional character literary character narrator novel protagonist

Francie Nolan is the introspective, resilient young heroine and narrator of Betty Smith’s novel "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," growing up in poverty in early 20th-century Brooklyn.

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Label Occurrences
Francie Nolan canonical 11
Frances Nolan 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
narrator ⓘ
novel protagonist ⓘ
ageAtStartOfStory child ⓘ
ageProgression adolescence ⓘ
appearsInWork A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ⓘ
birthOrder firstborn child ⓘ
characterTrait ambitious ⓘ
bookish ⓘ
imaginative ⓘ
introspective ⓘ
observant ⓘ
resilient ⓘ
createdBy Betty Smith ⓘ
debutWork A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ⓘ
education attends public school in Brooklyn ⓘ
ethnicBackground Irish American ⓘ
familyName Nolan ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Francie Nolan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Frances Nolan
hasCloseRelationshipWith Johnny Nolan ⓘ
Neeley Nolan ⓘ
hasComplexRelationshipWith Katie Nolan ⓘ
hasFather Johnny Nolan ⓘ
hasMother Katie Nolan ⓘ
hasSibling Neeley Nolan ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryRole coming-of-age heroine ⓘ
literarySignificance iconic American coming-of-age character ⓘ
medium prose fiction ⓘ
narrativeRole first-person narrator ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
nickname Francie ⓘ
notableActivity avid reader ⓘ
occupation student ⓘ
residence Brooklyn ⓘ
Williamsburg, Brooklyn ⓘ
settingOfLife tenement housing in Brooklyn ⓘ
socioeconomicStatus poverty ⓘ
themeAssociation American Dream ⓘ
education ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
female adolescence ⓘ
immigrant experience ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Katie Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn → child → Francie Nolan ⓘ
subject surface form: Katie Nolan
Katie Nolan in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn → relationshipWith → Francie Nolan ⓘ
subject surface form: Katie Nolan
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn → mainCharacter → Francie Nolan ⓘ
subject surface form: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945 film)
Johnny Nolan → child → Francie Nolan ⓘ
Katie Nolan → child → Francie Nolan ⓘ
Evie Rommely → hasNiece → Francie Nolan ⓘ
Evie Rommely → hasRelative → Francie Nolan ⓘ
Katie Rommely → motherOf → Francie Nolan ⓘ
Sissy Rommely → auntOf → Francie Nolan ⓘ
Sissy Rommely → closeTo → Francie Nolan ⓘ
Francie Nolan → givenName → Francie Nolan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Frances Nolan
Peggy Ann Garner → notableRole → Francie Nolan ⓘ