Yezierska

Doomed Relationships in the Bread Givers The Bread Givers, written by Anzia Yezierska, revolves around a starving lower east side family whose daughter rebels against her fathers’ strict conception of the role of a Jewish woman. The major theme of this novel is doomed relationships. There are several of these that are thoroughly analyzed in the novel. These include the relationship between Rabbi Smolinksy and the females in his family as well as those in his society, between him and his son-in-laws

The novel of Anzia Yezierska Bread Givers talks about a Jewish family who immigrated to America and lived in Hester Street in the lower east side of New York. The Smolinsky family lived in starvation, the ones who financially support the family were the daughters rather than the father. As a Jewish father, Reb Smolinsky, does not work because he is focuses all his time on reading his holy books and demanding his daughter’s wages. Shaena Smolinsky is the mother who is always stressed about the poverty

In Fun Home, Alison’s dynamic with her father is damaged to a certain extent and she finds inspiration in how she wants to not make her life the way that she grew up. Just like Alison, Sara in The Bread Givers, finds inspiration in the dynamic with her own father because she wants to have a life of her own choosing, but she thinks so highly of father and his love for books and knowledge. These two girls both look up to their fathers to a certain extent but at the same time they each find resentment

that allows her stories to be discussed in contemporary terms, (Drucker 1) while simultaneously illustrating the immigrant experience. Particularly, this phenomenon can be seen in her portrayal of certain generational conflicts. In Bread Givers, Yezierska depicts the struggle of finding one’s self in life, a

others of different race and for being a woman. Through Yezierska and Noda , we come to understand how the American Dream is not possible. In America Immigrants are discriminated for being the race that they are and also are being taken advantage of because they do not know the language or their rights. In the story “ Growing up

Referred to as the “Cinderella of the Tenements,” Anzia Yezierska (est.1880-1970) is best known for writing about Jewish immigrants, specifically women, and the challenges they faced assimilating to life in the United States. An immigrant herself, Yezierska and her family moved to the United States to escape Eastern Europe’s poverty, and rising antisemitic attitudes. She ultimately chose a career in writing, and published several short stories and novels (Kent 144). Yezierska’s most popular novel

Bread Givers is the story of an orthodox Jewish family who immigrate to the lower east side of New York City. Living in extreme poverty in the early 1900’s Sara Smolinsky, the youngest of the four Smolinsky daughters narrates the story of her struggles against patriarchy, poverty, and restrictive Jewish practice at the turn of the century. Sara’s father, Reb Smolinsky is a Rabbi and Talmudic scholar. While Reb spends all of his time studying the Torah so he can get into heaven someday, his wife

organizes us in; it is a feeling impartial to race, gender, or class. Anzia Yezierska, a Jewish immigrant from Poland, dealt with issues ranging from extreme poverty to the guilt she felt for abandoning tradition. In her book “Bread Givers” she exemplifies what she went through when she writes: “It wasn’t just my father, but the generations who made my father whose weight was still upon me” (297). Similarly to what Yezierska felt growing up, the main character and narrator, Sara Smolinsky, expresses

American Dream can be if you work hard and give all your effort to the work that you do. In the both stories “The Lost ‘Beautifulness’ & Soap and Water” by Yezierska, she gives examples of American Dream that became a nightmare for her characters. Two stories are telling awful situations that were in America and were ironical for

Ellis Island, and America and I       The American dream is as varied as the people who populate America. The play The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, the poem "Ellis Island" by Joseph Bruchac, and the poem "America and I" by Anzia Yezierska illustrate different perspectives of the American dream. All three authors show some lines of thought on what the freedom inherent in the American dream means. The authors clarify distinct ideas on the means to achieving the American dream. The