Has anyone read the story "the Washwoman??"?

Episode: Laundry woman is old and looks very fragile, but she is very intensive and strong. She gets family laundry and returns it after a couple of weeks. She is loyal, dedicated, diligent, selfless. One day she got the laundry, but she did not come back for two months. My family thought that she passed away. Then she came back and explained that he was sick but he never went back.

Conflict: A woman suffers from age and health. Her son is ashamed of her. I am struggling in the cold winter. She is sick

A few months later, when a woman washed her hand and finally returned to a lot of laundry, the mother of the narrator told her she wanted Laundry to dismiss that decision and hope that people of that age would not be useful. It was. She does not die earlier than to live a longer life, where she may be a burden. The narrator is a Jew, and I do not make frequent contact with people other than Jews. In this period of Poland, people were usually surrounded by people with similar religious beliefs. Narrator and his mother accepted the difference between Gentile ladies, and she seemed to accept their differences.

In the story article "Toilet", Isaac Bashevis Singer speaks of the story of an elderly Gentile woman who washes clothes for several families including his own family. This story happened in the childhood of the singer, now the beginning of the 20th century in Poland. It is the century. He never forgot the power she showed, but also embodied the virtue of dignity, pride, acceptance and faith. In terms of dignity, she gained power from the generation of farmers' ancestors through an example of the quiet force seen in the footsteps set by previous generations - through continuing her work and simply using it. Ability without seeking praise and recognition. She may be doing what she did with other older women at the time such as begging at the doorway of the church or entering the "old man", but she chose to support her dignity through fine work as a woman It was disgusting.