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*** Lee's poor wife, knowing what he did to Francie and marrying him, right before he gets shipped off to war. Not only that, but he apparently didn't care enough about her to go home to spent time with her except to hastily marry before being shipped off.
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*** Her not able to have living children is sad in itself since Sissy wants nothing more than to have children but nearly all of them [[spoiler: except her youngest son, who survived because he was born in hospital]] were born dead.
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*** Her not able She goes on to have living nine more children is sad in itself since Sissy wants nothing more than to have children but nearly who are all of them [[spoiler: except her youngest son, who survived born dead, [[spoiler:then finally gives birth to a live baby because he was born she decides to deliver this one in hospital]] were born dead.a hospital]].
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* The night Francie is born, Johnny is so worried about Katie and the baby that he forgets to go to his job as night custodian of a schoolhouse. The pipes freeze and burst, flooding most of the school building, and causes a lot of property damage and loses his job. Johnny gets fired. It was a good job that would have allowed them the family to live comfortably. Instead, he drifts back to being a singing waiter, getting intermittent jobs, while Katie works as a janitress and other jobs, and his children have to drop out of school to work after he diesdies.
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* All of the Rommely and Nolan family members, but especially Sissy's life, at least until the end of the novel when things start looking better for everyone
* The moment where Francie realizes that [[spoiler: Lee has been playing her]].
** And how Katie handles it--when Francie addresses her as "mother" rather than "mama", she realizes that Francie has grown up and responds to her as another woman rather than as a child and doesn't condemn her when Francie reveals that she almost slept with Lee.
*** Lee's poor wife, knowing what he did to Francie and marrying him, right before he gets shipped off to war.
* The night Francie is born, Johnny is so worried about Katie and the baby that he forgets to go to his job and the school and causes a lot of property damage and loses his job. It was a good job that would have allowed them to live comfortably. Instead, he drifts back to being a singing waiter, getting intermittent jobs, while Katie works as a janitress and other jobs, and his children have to drop out of school to work after he dies
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** And how Katie handles it--when Francie addresses her as "mother" rather than "mama", she realizes that Francie has grown up and responds to her as another woman rather than as a child and doesn't condemn her when Francie reveals that she almost slept with Lee.
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* The night Francie is born, Johnny is so worried about Katie and the baby that he forgets to go to his job and the school and causes a lot of property damage and loses his job. It was a good job that would have allowed them to live comfortably. Instead, he drifts back to being a singing waiter, getting intermittent jobs, while Katie works as a janitress and other jobs, and his children have to drop out of school to work after he dies
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*** Katie, who is not demonstrative, hugs and kisses Neeley and Francie and says that she is now their mother and father. But goes right back to being less demonstrative and favoring Neeley.
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* Ruthie Nolan's life. Her husband and four sons die young, leaving her a childless widow by about fifty. While Johnny is the only one who has children, she hates them (because she blames Katie for taking him away), and will spend the rest of her life alone.
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* The Nolan boys' deaths: Andy dies of TB, Georgie basically stabs himself on a fence when he trips over when drunk and Johnny freezes to death.
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**** This comes after Francie has lost the parent who cares more about her and whom she cares more for. Her stories about Johnny are ridiculed, Katie doesn't care about her enough to read any of her compositions before she burns them, and she does everything she can for Neeley while ignoring Francie.
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* Laurie, having no memory of Johnny, calling McShane "Papa", and the older children, who decide to call McShane "Dad" because Johnny will always be "Papa" to them.
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* Laurie, having no memory of Johnny, calling McShane [=McShane=] "Papa", and the older children, who decide to call McShane [=McShane=] "Dad" because Johnny will always be "Papa" to them.them.
* At Johnny's funeral, Katie quietly pulls the children aside to let them know that people are gossiping that they don't want to look at him because he was a bad father. Although she clearly wants them to in order to dispell the rumors, she makes it abundantly clear that she won't force them if they truly don't want to.
* At Johnny's funeral, Katie quietly pulls the children aside to let them know that people are gossiping that they don't want to look at him because he was a bad father. Although she clearly wants them to in order to dispell the rumors, she makes it abundantly clear that she won't force them if they truly don't want to.
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*** During the ride to the funeral Katie and the kids are in the same carriage as [[spoiler: Johnny's]] mother. She doesn't say anything to Katie or [[spoiler: her grandchildren]], and assumingly, she apparently still hates them for taking her son, even though she could have visited at any time.time.
*** Katie, who is not demonstrative, hugs and kisses Neeley and Francie and says that she is now their mother and father. But goes right back to being less demonstrative and favoring Neeley.
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* The Nolan boys' deaths: Andy dies of TB, Georgie basically stabs himself on a fence when he trips over when drunk and Johnny freezes to death.
* Laurie, having no memory of Johnny, calling McShane "Papa", and the older children, who decide to call McShane "Dad" because Johnny will always be "Papa" to them.
* The Nolan boys' deaths: Andy dies of TB, Georgie basically stabs himself on a fence when he trips over when drunk and Johnny freezes to death.
* Laurie, having no memory of Johnny, calling McShane "Papa", and the older children, who decide to call McShane "Dad" because Johnny will always be "Papa" to them.
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** After [[spoiler:Johnny's]] death, Francie starts writing more gritty and realistic stories (mostly about [[spoiler: Johnny]]). Miss Gardner, her English teacher, tells her that her newer compositions are ''sordid,'' which Francie has to look up in the dictionary, and is horrified, angered and saddened that Miss Gardner would talk about him that way. To add salt in the wound, she tells Francie that her graduation play was rejected in favor of another student's play because it was more "appropriate." Ouch...
*** Upon graduation, Miss Gardener gives Francie a "C" for her final English grade, telling her it was generous of her to allow her to pass at all, because Francie did't turn in any work after the conversation with Miss Gardener.
** The moment where Francie realizes that [[spoiler:Lee has been playing her]].
** After [[spoiler:Johnny's]] death, Francie starts writing more gritty and realistic stories (mostly about [[spoiler: Johnny]]). Miss Gardner, her English teacher, tells her that her newer compositions are ''sordid,'' which Francie has to look up in the dictionary, and is horrified, angered and saddened that Miss Gardner would talk about him that way. To add salt in the wound, she tells Francie that her graduation play was rejected in favor of another student's play because it was more "appropriate." Ouch...
*** Upon graduation, Miss Gardener gives Francie a "C" for her final English grade, telling her it was generous of her to allow her to pass at all, because Francie did't turn in any work after the conversation with Miss Gardener.
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** After[[spoiler:Johnny's]] [[spoiler: Johnny's]] death, Francie starts writing more gritty and realistic stories (mostly about [[spoiler: Johnny]]). Miss Gardner, her English teacher, tells her that her newer compositions are ''sordid,'' which Francie has to look up in the dictionary, and is horrified, angered and saddened that Miss Gardner would talk about him that way. To add salt in the wound, she tells Francie that her graduation play was rejected in favor of another student's play because it was more "appropriate." Ouch...
*** Upon graduation, Miss Gardener gives Francie a "C" for her final English grade, telling her it was generous of her to allow her to pass atall, all because Francie did't didn't turn in any work after the conversation with Miss Gardener.
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*** The corresponding scene in the book is more straight tear-jerker than heartwarming moment; after ignoring Francie's writing for years, Katie finally asks to see some of it, only to find that she's recently burned it all. Katie is tormented by the understanding of how much of Francie's life she's missed out on by focusing on Neeley—[[spoiler:which Neeley—[[spoiler: which still doesn't stop her from going back to her usual ways after the baby is born.]]
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** A bit earlier in the book, but when Sissy's first child is born, she's completely devastated to learn that said child was stillborn. [[ABirthdayNotABreak On her fifteenth birthday no lessless]].
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* That poor young wife of that brutish dockworker was ''crying'' as she [[MaritalRapeLicence undressed for her husband]], who assumingly didn't give a crap about that.
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* That poor young wife of that brutish dockworker was ''crying'' as she [[MaritalRapeLicence undressed for her husband]], who assumingly didn't give a crap about that.
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*** [[spoiler: Katie breaking down after the funeral.]]
*** During the ride to the funeral Katie and the kids are in the same carriage as [[spoiler: Johnny's]] mother. She doesn't say anything to Katie or [[spoiler: her grandchildren]]. Ouch.
*** During the ride to the funeral Katie and the kids are in the same carriage as [[spoiler: Johnny's]] mother. She doesn't say anything to Katie or [[spoiler: her grandchildren]]. Ouch.
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*** To add salt in the wound, she gives Francie a "C" for her final English grade, telling her after graduation it was generous of her to allow her to pass at all. Ouch...
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*** To add salt in the wound, she gives Francie a "C" for her final English grade, telling her after graduation it was generous of her to allow her to pass at all. Ouch...
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** [[spoiler:Johnny's]] death.
** The scene where Joanna is stoned by the jealous women and her baby winds up being hurt by it.
** The scene where the children win a Christmas tree, and Johnny helps them bring it up the stairs and leads the entire building in a round of "O Holy Night".
** The moment where Francie realizes that [[spoiler:Lee has been playing her]].
*** And how Katie handles it--when Francie addresses her as "mother" rather than "mama", she realizes that Francie has grown up and responds to her as another woman rather than as a child and doesn't condemn her when Francie reveals that she almost slept with Lee.
** The scene (in the movie) where Francie and her mother reconcile as her mother is giving birth, especially when Francie reads her mother an essay she wrote about [[spoiler: Johnny after he died]].
*** The corresponding scene in the book is more straight tear-jerker than heartwarming moment; after ignoring Francie's writing for years, Katie finally asks to see some of it, only to find that she's recently burned it all. Katie is tormented by the understanding of how much of Francie's life she's missed out on by focusing on Neely—[[spoiler:which still doesn't stop her from going back to her usual ways after the baby is born.]]
** Francie's graduation, when she discovers flowers [[spoiler: Johnny gave Sissy the money for before he died. Especially sad that Johnny did this knowing he might not be there for this special day]].
** [[spoiler:Johnny's]] death.
** The scene where Joanna is stoned by the jealous women and her baby winds up being hurt by it.
** The scene where the children win a Christmas tree, and Johnny helps them bring it up the stairs and leads the entire building in a round of "O Holy Night".
** The moment where Francie realizes that [[spoiler:Lee has been playing her]].
*** And how Katie handles it--when Francie addresses her as "mother" rather than "mama", she realizes that Francie has grown up and responds to her as another woman rather than as a child and doesn't condemn her when Francie reveals that she almost slept with Lee.
** The scene (in the movie) where Francie and her mother reconcile as her mother is giving birth, especially when Francie reads her mother an essay she wrote about [[spoiler: Johnny after he died]].
*** The corresponding scene in the book is more straight tear-jerker than heartwarming moment; after ignoring Francie's writing for years, Katie finally asks to see some of it, only to find that she's recently burned it all. Katie is tormented by the understanding of how much of Francie's life she's missed out on by focusing on Neely—[[spoiler:which still doesn't stop her from going back to her usual ways after the baby is born.]]
** Francie's graduation, when she discovers flowers [[spoiler: Johnny gave Sissy the money for before he died. Especially sad that Johnny did this knowing he might not be there for this special day]].
