Bread Givers
The Birth of Jewish Culture in a Young America
The novel, Bread Givers is labeled as a pure fictional story of a Jewish familys migration into a new world. Anzia Yezierska however, wrote using her past as a backbone of the plot, transforming the story from any other fictional piece to almost a....
Bread Givers
The novel, Bread Givers by Alice Yezierska took place in New York's Lower East Side, during the 1920s. Sara Smolensk was the youngest child in her family. Her father, Reb was an Orthodox Rabbi from the 'old country.' Sara's older sisters; Mashah, and Fania each got married to a man their father pick....
Feminist Critique of the 1920s - Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska, and A Lost Lady by Willa Cather,
The Feminist Critique of the 1920s
Between the two novels Bread Givers, by Anzia Yezierska, and A Lost Lady, by Willa Cather, the expectations of women in the 1920s are demonstrated through several characters. Women were expected to act a certain way and if they didnt act that way they we....