Bread Givers Summary
Bread Givers is written by AnziaYezierska. This book demonstrates how a girl prevent to follow her sisters’ steps and choose her own way of living.
The narrator of this book is Sara Smolinsky. She is a ten year’s old little girl who always worried for the house as a mother. She is such a sweet and strong minded girl.
Sara’s family is extremely poor and if Sara’s sisters don’t find a job, the whole family will be kicked out of the house for not paying rent. Sara has three sisters; Bessie is the oldest, then Mashah and Fania, and none of them has a job. Sara’s mother, Shena, is a traditional housewife who thinks women can only be wife and mom, no women get to learn knowledge and their whole life will rely on a man. Her traditional minds affect her daughters sometimes. Reb, Sara’s father, he studies religion all the time and only care about his bible and beliefs. He does not have a job and does not take the responsibility for his entire family even though he is the only man in the house. The whole family was hanging on Bessie’s neck for her salaries since she is the oldest girl.
Everyday all the girls except for Sara needs to go out and try to find a job because the family has no income if there is nobody in the house has a job.Mashah kept buying herself some fancy stuff like soap and towel which is a big waste of money.
Later on, the tax collectors came into the house and ask for the rent that the Smolinsky has been arrear for a while. Reb slapped the tax collector for thrown his bible on the floor, and surely Reb got into jail.
As the plot going, Bessie fell in love with a guy named Berel Bernstein who is a cutter in the shop where Bessie works. As soon as Reb came back home, he started question Berel about religious belief and Reb embarrassed Berel. Reb didn’t agree with the marriage simply because Bessie earns him the biggest wages. Reb and Berel kept arguing for a while because Reb asked Berel to pay for the wedding and buy outfit for himself. Finally,
The narrator of this book is Sara Smolinsky. She is a ten year’s old little girl who always worried for the house as a mother. She is such a sweet and strong minded girl.
Sara’s family is extremely poor and if Sara’s sisters don’t find a job, the whole family will be kicked out of the house for not paying rent. Sara has three sisters; Bessie is the oldest, then Mashah and Fania, and none of them has a job. Sara’s mother, Shena, is a traditional housewife who thinks women can only be wife and mom, no women get to learn knowledge and their whole life will rely on a man. Her traditional minds affect her daughters sometimes. Reb, Sara’s father, he studies religion all the time and only care about his bible and beliefs. He does not have a job and does not take the responsibility for his entire family even though he is the only man in the house. The whole family was hanging on Bessie’s neck for her salaries since she is the oldest girl.
Everyday all the girls except for Sara needs to go out and try to find a job because the family has no income if there is nobody in the house has a job.Mashah kept buying herself some fancy stuff like soap and towel which is a big waste of money.
Later on, the tax collectors came into the house and ask for the rent that the Smolinsky has been arrear for a while. Reb slapped the tax collector for thrown his bible on the floor, and surely Reb got into jail.
As the plot going, Bessie fell in love with a guy named Berel Bernstein who is a cutter in the shop where Bessie works. As soon as Reb came back home, he started question Berel about religious belief and Reb embarrassed Berel. Reb didn’t agree with the marriage simply because Bessie earns him the biggest wages. Reb and Berel kept arguing for a while because Reb asked Berel to pay for the wedding and buy outfit for himself. Finally,