S. Y. Agnon

The short story, “To Father’s House” by S. Y. Agnon, is about Passover and the family traditions. In the Jewish tradition, holidays are almost always shared amongst the family. The narrator in “To Father’s House” lives far from his family and does not visit very often. In the beginning of the story, he finds himself deciding what to do due to the fact that his home is being painted. “I can’t do my work, so I’ll go to my home town, to my father’s house…I haven’t fulfilled the commandment of respect for Father” (To Father’s

Another one of S. Y. Agnon’s short stories, “A Whole Loaf”, is based around one of the most important days of the week in the Jewish religion, the Sabbath. The narrator is all alone; he must fen for himself with out his family there after the evening prayers. On his way to the temple he meets with Dr. Ne’eman, who gives him important letters to bring to the post office. Now he is faced with the decision on whether to fill his craving and need for food or to do the responsible thing and send out Dr. Ne’eman’s letters first. The letters symbolize the Ten Commandments and Dr. Ne’eman symbolizes good and faithfulness. This becomes the continuing controversy running through the narrators head in the duration of the story. He runs into obstacles such as Mr. Gressler, who represents the opposite of Dr. Ne’eman and steers the narrator away from his task at hand. In the outcome of the story the narrator ends up with no food and the letters still not mailed.

Both narrators in S. Y. Agnon’s, “To Father’s House” and “A W

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