Identity In Bread Givers
BREAD GIVERS
Introduction
Bread Givers is a novel written by a Jewish lady Yezierska Anzia in 1925, the novel covers a number of aspects. The set up is in the old Manhattan in the United States of America, in the 1920s. The author is believed to have migrated from Poland to United States of America in the year 1890. The novel talks about a poor Jewish immigrant named Reb Smolinsky, who has four daughters namely, Bessie, Mashah, Faniah, and Sara. Sara goes against the beliefs of her father by adopting divergent views. This paper seeks to explore how identities are shaped by cultural and societal influence within the context of equality and inequality.
Identity in Anzia's novel comes in different ways and is considered to be an essential thing. The first place where we encounter identity is where the main character in this book by the name Sara and her sisters are subjected to the harsh laws of Jews. It is said that the family of Reb Smolinsky migrated from Poland to the United States of America. Their identity in the United States of America is shaped by Reb Smolinsky belief in the religion. His religion believes that God has no time or cannot listen to a woman or women. The religion also believes that women are not blessed with some brains to learn the word of God, but the …show more content…
It is a book that brings out the real issues that immigrants were facing in the United States of America. The set of the book is in Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The book talks about a Slovakia family that moved to the United States of America. The novel illustrates a lot of problems faced by one family that was going to the United States of America from Hungary. The first immigrant of the family was George Kracha, and it goes on to the third generation of Dobie Dobrejcak. Immigrants faced a lot of tribulations when they first arrived in
Introduction
Bread Givers is a novel written by a Jewish lady Yezierska Anzia in 1925, the novel covers a number of aspects. The set up is in the old Manhattan in the United States of America, in the 1920s. The author is believed to have migrated from Poland to United States of America in the year 1890. The novel talks about a poor Jewish immigrant named Reb Smolinsky, who has four daughters namely, Bessie, Mashah, Faniah, and Sara. Sara goes against the beliefs of her father by adopting divergent views. This paper seeks to explore how identities are shaped by cultural and societal influence within the context of equality and inequality.
Identity in Anzia's novel comes in different ways and is considered to be an essential thing. The first place where we encounter identity is where the main character in this book by the name Sara and her sisters are subjected to the harsh laws of Jews. It is said that the family of Reb Smolinsky migrated from Poland to the United States of America. Their identity in the United States of America is shaped by Reb Smolinsky belief in the religion. His religion believes that God has no time or cannot listen to a woman or women. The religion also believes that women are not blessed with some brains to learn the word of God, but the …show more content…
It is a book that brings out the real issues that immigrants were facing in the United States of America. The set of the book is in Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The book talks about a Slovakia family that moved to the United States of America. The novel illustrates a lot of problems faced by one family that was going to the United States of America from Hungary. The first immigrant of the family was George Kracha, and it goes on to the third generation of Dobie Dobrejcak. Immigrants faced a lot of tribulations when they first arrived in