Bread Giver Analysis
Value of rational thought and restraint
In Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers of 1952, a family of immigrant parents living in poverty in the ghetto of New York City struggles to survive. Sara sacrifices her family relationship and leaves home to get the education and life she wants. Meanwhile, in the process, she learns that losing control over her anger will take her nowhere but backward. Previous to attending college, Sara did not have impulse control which is what got herself into trouble from crashing Berel Bernstein's engagement party to fighting with her parents.
Through past experiences, when Father gets married shortly after her mother's death, Sara forces down her rage “too angry to speak, my lips tightened, struggling to control myself”
(Yezierska 258). Sara understands that it is useless to emphasize her fury and intervene. Moreover, she utilizes her lesson by exhibiting the strain of managing her reactions. Yezierska’s use of hyperbole emphasizes that in spite of the fact that Sarah is astonished which can lead to irrational actions, she chooses containment. She describes, “the room began to rock everything whirled before me in a blur” (Yezierska 259). Thereby, with this hyperbole, Sara appears distraught and faint, as if the room was rocking, but still, manages to control herself. Additionally towards the end of the chapter, With the help of a simile, Sara proves that she has learned to be more restrained when her school receives a false letter denoting her. Her impulse was to scream but instead Sara “simply stood there trembling like a guilty thing” Not only was the letter hurtful but she begins to refer herself to a “thing” again implicating that the letter got to her emotions. Therefore, Sara proves to be restrained by withstanding an emotional outburst.
In Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers of 1952, a family of immigrant parents living in poverty in the ghetto of New York City struggles to survive. Sara sacrifices her family relationship and leaves home to get the education and life she wants. Meanwhile, in the process, she learns that losing control over her anger will take her nowhere but backward. Previous to attending college, Sara did not have impulse control which is what got herself into trouble from crashing Berel Bernstein's engagement party to fighting with her parents.
Through past experiences, when Father gets married shortly after her mother's death, Sara forces down her rage “too angry to speak, my lips tightened, struggling to control myself”
(Yezierska 258). Sara understands that it is useless to emphasize her fury and intervene. Moreover, she utilizes her lesson by exhibiting the strain of managing her reactions. Yezierska’s use of hyperbole emphasizes that in spite of the fact that Sarah is astonished which can lead to irrational actions, she chooses containment. She describes, “the room began to rock everything whirled before me in a blur” (Yezierska 259). Thereby, with this hyperbole, Sara appears distraught and faint, as if the room was rocking, but still, manages to control herself. Additionally towards the end of the chapter, With the help of a simile, Sara proves that she has learned to be more restrained when her school receives a false letter denoting her. Her impulse was to scream but instead Sara “simply stood there trembling like a guilty thing” Not only was the letter hurtful but she begins to refer herself to a “thing” again implicating that the letter got to her emotions. Therefore, Sara proves to be restrained by withstanding an emotional outburst.