Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers

Anzia Yezierska 's bread donor Anzia Yezierska' s bread donor will attack some of the social norms of her traditional Polish hometown and the American life already known by the protagonist. Clearly autobiographical bread donors are boldly questioning the reason why certain social and religious traditions lasted for centuries without any consideration of personal interests and desires at all . Sarah's traditional Jewish education has led her to accept the life dominated by the patriarchal; when she went to New York to find American dreams, she again saw her sex in this I found that it hindered desire.

A Jewish American writer Anzia Yezierska wrote a novel "Bread Givers" (1925) exploring topics such as Russian Jewish immigrants in the early twentieth century, tension between old and new Italian culture, and women's immigration experience. A famous writer, Yerzyskar, focused on the Jewish struggle to escape the slums and enter the middle class of the United States. In the novel, the heroine Saras Morinsky escaped the "city slums" of New York City by breaking the tradition. She quit her family shop job and soon began to engage in wealthy real estate tycoons. She graduated from college and has held senior positions at public schools. At last Sarah has recovered relations with family and religion.

Bread Givers (1925) Anzia Yezierska Persea Books, 1999 ISBN 0-89255-014-7 $ 9.95 Commentary on classic contributions to immigration novel types, Bread Givers is a poor young Jewish New York low poor young Jewish The girl's story This community is known by the progressive photographer Jacob Riis under the name "The Other Half of Life". This novel is an excellent text for American history students as it brings themes of immigrants, poverty and progressive living which are very important for understanding the early 20th century. Pan donors were written by Anzya Yezierska, immigrated with the families of the villages of Russia and Poland in the 1890s and trained as a writer by progressive educator John Dewey. The main character Saras Molinsky is a fighting girl and under the pressure of her tyranny father she saw each sister enter a repressive marriage.

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