opportunities. They endured so much but in reality‚ nothing in return. Anzia Yezierska was born in Poland‚ she came here willing to work hard hoping to earn a decent living right away. She finds out that this is not necessarily the case. “…I felt that the America of my dreams never was and never could be…I felt that the America that sought was nothing but a shadow-an echo-a chimera of lunatics and crazy immigrants” (Yezierska. P97). Going on with this the author states
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to ability or achievement” (James Truslow Adams). This was what people from other countries always said when they talked about America. However‚ each country had the same issue between rich and poor people included America. “America and I” by Anzia Yezierska and “The Subliminal Man” by Ballard J. G. are short stories that talked about how they feel about America. These short stories will show the American Dream is not for everyone. “America and I” and “The Subliminal Man”
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is too much diversity in America to define an American by color. For instance‚ in the short story “America and I‚” by Anzia Yezierska‚ the narrator is an immigrant who discovers that diversity is what makes America: “They had left their native country as I had left mine. They had crossed an unknown ocean and landed in an unknown country‚ as I” (26). In making this comment‚ Yezierska is saying that Americans were immigrants just like the speaker. By observing this connection the speaker proves that
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Bread Givers‚ written by Anzia Yezierska‚ is a story that took place on the Lower East Side of New York City during the 1920s. The story describes the struggles Sara Smolinsky‚ a Jewish immigrant‚ faces through out her life such as poverty‚ discrimination‚ oppressing patriarchal values‚ finding her identity while still being unaccepted by her father. Sara Smolinsky was a young Jewish girl who came to America from a small Polish town before she was ten years old. Sara was the youngest of 4 daughters
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Bread Givers Essay: Sara’s Identity In the book “Bread Givers” by Anzia Yezierska a young girl from poland grows up in america. Set in the 1920s conditions for immigrants living in the United States were tough‚ not to mention living in the lower East side of Manhattan‚ New York. Reb Smolinsky the father of Sara in this book really tries on impressing his beliefs onto his children for he is very set on his traditional ways. This becomes a very prominent underlying to the story as Sara grows throughout
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Brittney Dollison In the novel‚ Bread Givers‚ author Anzia Yezierska tells the story of life as an immigrate in the Untied States. For many immigrates‚ the U.S. was the way to insure a better life for themselves‚ and their family; a life without the constant worry of money‚ and of the injustice religious ways. Sara’s father lectures his wife about not needing a feather bed "Don’t you know it is always summer in America? And in the new golden country‚ where milk and honey flows free in the streets
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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
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As Yezierska’s experience in America Progresses‚ her tone evolves from oblige‚ radiant‚ and emptiness. She has been through a lot in her lifestyle. She struggles‚ finds imperfection‚ disagreements‚ and a lot of down hearted things. She has to figure out how everything works in America now that she moved from Russia. First off‚ Yezierska’s is a girl that lives in Russia; she is misapplying about living in Russia because she wanted to be in America. When she said “ One of the millions of immigrants
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cultural life of the shtetl’. Bread Givers shows the reader the consequence of Americanization when Sara voices ‘I had made my choice and now I had to pay the cost‚‚ daring to follow the urge in me. No Father‚ no Lover‚ no family‚ no friend’. (Yezierska and Kessler Harris‚ 2005‚ pp.
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Americans‚ and it creates the ground for them to stand on when making the claim that they are American. Striving for what we want to do in life is a critical concept that separates Americans from non americans. In the short story‚ “America and I” by Anzia Yezierska‚ she explains how her life in America was not as she expected as far as a career and the type of work she wanted. To be an American means to strive for what immigrants want to do in life instead of just waiting for it to come. This is a strong
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