Bread Givers
What it Means to Be a Female Immigrate In the novel, Bread Givers, author Anzia Yezierska tells the story of life as an immigrate in the Untied States. For many immigrates, the U.S. was the key to a better life; a life free of economic depression and religious oppression. America was a fantasy to many. Sara's father lectures to his wife about not needing a feather bed; "Don't you know it is always summer in America? And in the new golden country, where milk and honey flows free in the streets, you'll have new golden dishes to cook in…"(Bread Givers, 9) To much dismay, the realization that America was not a land of golden streets comes too quickly. Flooded with people, New York's Lower East Side becomes a place of poverty for most. Immigrates find themselves living in slums, where dirt and disease runs rampant. Life was arduous for immigrates. However, according to Yezierska, life as a female was much worse. In the 1920's, an immigrates' gender ultimately decided what experience he/she would have in America, for it was better to be a male than a femal
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Approximate Word count = 723
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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