Reb Smolinsky Family Analysis

First and foremost, Jim meets the Shimerda family who constantly face hardships through their tough journey to what they view as success. They are immigrants from Bohemia trying to find a life for themselves.

There are many characters in this book, starting with the main character Esther, who in the beginning was living a wealthy and privileged life. Esther had to mature quickly during her time spent in Siberia. She realized that everything doesn't always come easy like it did for her back home in Poland. Esther wasn't the only one in the family that changed while in Siberia, her mother before wasn't always so loving, instead she was strong-minded as Esther explained. Esther loved her father and she would call her father “Tata,” but he was drafted into World War II and was forced to serve at the Russian front. Nikolay, Natasha and Katia where a couple and their baby with whom Esther enjoys living with in Siberia. Esther did have a bit of a love story in this book because she wanted to be one of the newspaper editors just be be with a boy named Yuri. Esther makes some friends, one

Sara's father wanted to control everybody else's lives, in his family, but he did not want anyone telling him how to do things. He felt that he should be able to control the family spendings even though he did not earn a penny. He went against his wife's request and used every penny of their savings to buy the store. His wife asked him, "Promise me that you won't pay out the money till I come to see what you buy." (113). He went ahead and bought the store without letting his wife come down to see it first like he had promised her. He made a huge mistake then, just as he had with his daughters. He did not pick a good husband for any of his daughters. He was fooled not only by the store owner but also by the daughters' husbands. The reason he made all these mistakes is because he would not listen to anyone's advice. If he had listened to his wife, he would not have bought the store because she would have been with him, and she would have noticed something was wrong because she was already suspicious. She says, "Does he really ask only four hundred dollars for all this?...Ask him to give you a pencil to count up all the goods there is in stock." (114). She has more sense about business then he does, but he gets to be in control of all their money. Today, women have more of a say in what goes on with the financial part of the family as well as with who they are going to

Sara Smolinsky is the youngest of four sisters; the eldest is Bessie, whom everyone calls the “Burden-bearer” because the whole family lives on her pay check. “I knew the landlord came that morning hollering for rent. And the whole family were hanging on Bessie’s neck for her wages. Unless she got work soon, we’d be thrown in the street to shame and to laughter for the whole world.”(1) The second eldest

       Lena, Walter, Ruth, and Beneatha Younger all lived under the same roof, but their dreams were all different. Being the head of the household, Lena dreamed the dreams of her children and would do whatever it took to make those dreams come true. Walter, Lena's oldest son, set his dream on the liquor store that he planned to invest with the money of his mother. Beneatha, in the other hand, wanted to become a doctor when she got out of college and Ruth, Walter's wife, wanted to be wealthy. "A Raisin in the Sun" was a book about "dreams deferred", and in this book that Lorraine Hansberry had fluently described the dreams of the Younger family and how those

“I know I’m a fool. But I cannot help it. I haven’t the courage to live for myself. My own life is knocked out of me. No wonder Father called me the burden bearer.” This was regarding Bessie, this shows how Bessie’s life was shaped through the influence of religious teachings, forcing herself to stay loyal to the societal expectation and giving up her personal pursuits. She calls herself the “burden bearer” because it was the religion and/or societal teaching for females in Judaism should dedicate their lives to men’s. This was, in fact, the case in which every female figure of the Smolinsky family has suffered throughout the book. Sarah, too, was suffering from such conflict until she realized this is not what she sees herself into if she is to make herself break out the poverty and the so called “religious obedience”.

The Smolinsky parents come to America with Old World ideals ingrained into them. They do not take into

In the novel, Kracha's family is a full one. He has three daughters and a world of problems at home. Despite this he refuses to waste away at the mill after a couple of years. So he sees opportunity, and becomes a butcher. Unfortunately he fails at his attempts to climb the ranks economically. Kracha, like most workers of the time, drowns him self in alcohol to hide from the problems of bills, finances and taxes. Kracha's wife, Elena, had to take in boarders to lighten the economic load. This is a typical practice of women in the mill towns. Not only did they take in boarders, but also they took care of the house and had to raise the children wile sometimes taking odd jobs to make ends meat. The second part of the novel is about Mike Dobrejcak who married, Kracha's eldest daughter, Mary. Mike is also a mill worker, migrated to America when he was still in his teens. This second generation of Slovaks is becoming more aware of politics, and how important their votes are in elections. With a greater understanding of the issues around them the second generation of immigrants started to vote. Still working in the mills they hold fast to the American dream. Faced with the same problems that the first generation had, now he was faced with wage cuts along with the never-ending struggles with the union. The next part of the book is about Mary. When her husband (Mike) dies she is compensated from the company and the local or lodge he is a part of. Since fatal accidents were common

The second part of the novel is about Mike Dobrejcak who married, Kracha's eldest daughter, Mary. Mike is also a mill worker, migrated to America when he was still in his teens. This second generation of Slovaks is becoming more aware of politics, and how important their votes are in elections. With a greater understanding of the issues around them the second generation of immigrants started to vote. Still working in the mills they hold fast to the American dream. Faced with the same problems that the first generation had, now he

     After leaving Poland to venture out into the New World of America, the Smolinsky family endured impoverished lifestyles and countless hardships. For example, After an incident between Reb and the landlady (which made Reb revered), boarders began to occupy the Smolinsky family’s

In the novel Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska, she presents Reb Smolinsky, the main antagonist, who is an Orthodox rabbi and a Jewish immigrant. His passion and intellect of Torah leads him to often make irrational decisions, translating his naive ignorant views into the real world. Consequently, Because of this love and devotion of the religion, Reb often acts selfishly putting his own needs and others before his family, which often create tension with the other characters often. From this knowledge, his put his happiness over his daughters giving unreasonably selfish demands, saying, “ ‘Wouldn’t it be a shame for the world if Reb Smolinsky, the light of the block, the man who holds up the flame of the Holy Torah before America, should come

I am happy to hear from you pleasant things that are making me feel stronger, and I thank you. I wish you health, wealth and happiness from the bottom of my heart (♥), as well a good and long life. Yeshar Koach.

Mathilde Loisel was born into a family of clerks, and she believes this was a mistake of destiny. She is mesmerized by the exquisite items of the wealthier life style. Her husband is not able to please her because the lack of money. Angelica Schuyler was born into a wealthy family, but her goal as the eldest sister is to marry rich. Angelica knows she can not marry Alexander because his lack of money and status sign.

After London and residing in New York for fifteen years, Rosicky gave up the modern America and buys a farm in Nebraska, where he is happy with his simple life with his wife and children. The theme of the simple life is found in the story when Dr. Burleigh thinks about the Rosicky family, “They were comfortable, they were out of debt, but they didn’t get much ahead. Maybe, Doctor Burleigh reflected, people as generous and warm-hearted and affectionate as the Rosicky’s never got ahead much; maybe you couldn’t enjoy life and put it into the bank, too.” (Cather, 1228, 123, pp.

In the play, Brecht explores social alternatives as the audience is presented with various types of mothers. Grusha represents all that a ‘good’ mother should be. She continues to care for Michael, even after she is advised to leave the child behind. She is forced to flee the city in order to protect him from the ironshirts. She pays two piasters, equivalent to a week’s wages, so that he can have milk. She does not abandon him when the ironshirts catch up with them but hits one over the head with a piece of wood, allowing them to escape. Grusha is forced to make many self-sacrifices in order to save Michael. She does so financially, emotionally, in terms of her promise to Simon, and in terms of her life. When her brother Lavrenti insists that she must marry Jussup in order to make Michael a ‘legitimate child’, she agrees, thus breaking her engagement promise to Simon. When she is confronted by the Ironshirts and must choose between claiming Michael as her child and losing Simon, or disclaiming Michael and regaining Simon’s love and respect, She chooses Michael. In doing so, she sacrifices her future happiness with Simon. Grusha gives up everything that is important in her life in order to keep Michael safe.