Manifest Destiny and the New Immigration: 1865-1924

Manifest Destiny and the New Immigration : 1865-1924

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Manifest Destiny and the New Immigration : 1865-1924

Bread Givers offers an insight into the life of Jews , particularly Jewish women during the early 1900s . This semi-fiction is a journey of the then Jewish settlers in virgin America . The plot is interwoven with a number of conflicts common in that era . Anzia Yezierska has beautifully penned a story about the life of a Jewish woman , her two sisters and her parents how she carries the burden of being the

bread earner of the family , and yet have all her decisions made by her father .The book shows us many facets of the lives of the Jewish settlers in the early 1900s

Through its themes it showcases the many roles the Jewish people especially the women , had to live up to after their immigration into the United States

In this era , general law in the Jewish society was that the man had the final say in everything .which was evident from the fact that Reb Smolinsky was able to thrash every single one of his daughters romances If we follow the life of Sara we will see that gender roles in this era were evidently changing , as Sara made her own decisions and lived her own life . However , society did not accept this change and at the end of the day she was nothing more than an outcast . It 's ironic that at the end of the day happiness...