... family values, the way things were done and are now done, and the different kinds of old and new world struggles. In Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers, Sara and her father have different opinions of what the daughters' role should be. Sara believed that she should be able to choose what ... them to work and give the money to the family. In the meantime he pra... Abstract The paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the book "Bread Givers" by Yezierska. Specifically, it includes how the author changes her life, and really becomes American. The novel is an account of how the author ... finis...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, Bread Givers, author Anzia Yezierska tells the story of life as an immigrant in the Untied States. For many, the U.S. was the key to a better life; a life free of economic depression and ... 't want to sell [fish] for the rest of my days. I want to learn something. I want to do something. I want some day to make myself for a person and come among people"(Bread Givers, page 134). The father was the main upholder of old Jewish beliefs in the Smolinsky household, as opposed to the New World beliefs of the Americans. It was this clash ... was the cause of numerous confrontations. T...

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• Grade Level: High School