spent his entire life studying the Holy Torah. While his daughter’s and wives main focus was to make money and pay bills‚ his was focused on the promise of heaven. In the Holy Torah‚ men are good and kind; they value the most importance over women. Being born into a family that believes and follows every word that the Torah says‚ Reb Smolinsky became an Orthodox rabbi and carried on his father duties. Therefore he believes that “only through a man has a woman an existence‚” he proclaims. He
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In Anzia Yezierska ’s novel entitled Bread Givers‚ there is an apparent conflict between Reb Smolinsky‚ a devout Orthodox rabbi of the Old World‚ and his daughter Sara who yearns to associate and belong to the New World. Throughout the story‚ one learns about the hardships of living in poverty‚ the unjust treatment of women‚ and the growth of a very strong willed and determined young womanSara Smolinsky. After leaving Poland to venture out into the New World of America‚ the Smolinsky family endured
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Yezierska’s Bread Givers attacks several social norms of both her traditional Polish homeland and the American life her protagonist has come to know. Clearly autobiographical‚ Bread Givers boldly questions why certain social and religious traditions continue throughout the centuries without the slightest consideration for an individual’s interests or desires. Sara’s traditional Jewish upbringing exposed her to a life dominated by patriarchal control; when she arrived in New York to seek out the American
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Analyzing the Bread Givers Bread Givers‚ by Anzia Yezierska‚ is a novel about Sara Smolinsky‚ and her struggle remaining in the old world traditions or heading to the ever-changing new world. The novel has multiple themes‚ however‚ the main theme‚ of Anzia Yezierska’s writing‚ is the old world versus the new world. Old world versus new world is very evident in the beginning chapters when we first learn that the father of the house doesn’t work‚ controls the income to his liking1
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Bread Givers The book‚ Bread Givers is a novel written by Anzia Yezierska following the lives of woman who have to go through struggle because of new tradition verses old tradition. In the book I found that there are several themes within the book Bread Givers. Woman Rights‚ being one of them‚ seem to be an issue throughout the book. This book revolves around the lives of woman in a household on Hester Street in New York City. In the 1920’s times were not easiest for immigrants. In this book
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Success is achieved by hard work and dedication. In Anzia Yezierska’s book “Bread Givers” Sara Smolinsky shows how that applied to her life. The author can relate to the story because she was an immigrant from a small Polish village and had to overcome many obstacles to become successful. She rebelled against her parents’ wishes of following the traditional path of a women immigrant and left home at the age of seventeen to live at the Clara de Hirsch home for working girls. The American dream for
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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
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Presented to Mr. Karantabias‚ University of Kentucky Due: September 16‚ 2011 The novel‚ Bread Givers written by Anzia Yezierska is a coming-of-age novel about a Jewish-American girl. This book covers broad topics of American history such as Americanization‚ how old world values clashed with new world values‚ and the search for independence. The novel’s protagonist‚ Sara Smolinsky is better suited than her family for America because of her ability to cope with change. Throughout this essay‚
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Heaven on Earth Everyone has that special place where they can go to escape all the pressures and worries of life‚ that wonderful spot where you can go to soothe all your complications and stress. Imagine for a moment what that place is for you. A place that makes you feel complete and captivated. For me‚ the beach is that ultimate place that is unlike any other I have ever experienced. While I am there all my obligations are immediately erased. The moment I step onto the satiny‚ warm sand and
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Feminine identity in the Anzia Yezierska’s Bread Givers The novel‚ Bread Givers‚ by Anzia Yezierska explores the life of the Smolinsky family living in the poor conditions of the lower east side in New York City. The novel’s narrator and main protagonist‚ Sara‚ struggles to find her identity as an independent woman throughout the novel. Sara’s struggle illuminates the transition of women from being undervalued to independent and self-fulfilling individuals. Sara’s struggle is characterized by her
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