All 3 Uses of
compassion
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
- She was a mosaic of her grandmother Rommely's mysticism, her tale-telling, her great belief in everything and her compassion for the weak ones.†
Chpt 8 *compassion = sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help
- Having risen above his environment, he can forget it; or, he can rise above it and never forget it and keep compassion and understanding in his heart for those he has left behind him in the cruel upclimb.†
Chpt 18
- They learned no compassion from their own anguish.†
Chpt 20