Anzia 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
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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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through a man has a woman an existence‚” he proclaims. He was raised to believe that woman can only go to heaven if they marry a man or a man of the Torah. Also in his beliefs‚ the man was supposed to read and study the Torah as the woman were the “bread givers.” In this case the Smolinsky women were his slaves. The wife and three daughters of Reb Smolinsky would work hard every day to pay rent and to put food on the table. Every day at dinner Mr. Smolinsky would get the best part of the meal‚ the
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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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Jessica Greenwell History 109-001 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
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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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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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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
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