East and West; The Yiddish Film
There is a lot of tension between modern culture and old culture in the film, East and West. Much intergenerational conflict occurs between Mollie and her father Morris and also between Mollie and the rest of the family from Poland. The differences between Mollie and her father and the rest of the family are immediately evident when they arrive in Poland. Morris is noticeably lacking the beard and traditional dress that most of the men have, and Mollie doesn’t really fit in with her cropped hair cut, bold lipstick, and dress. On one of the holiest holidays of the Jewish year Mollie distances herself yet further from the traditional culture. Instead of following along in her prayer book Mollie slips a novel in and reads while she pretends to be praying. While she was supposed to be fasting all day she sneaks back to her relative’s house and eats the meal that was prepared for that night. Once she returns from satiating her appetite her cousin Zelda complains of hunger pains; Mollie, not wanting to miss out on attentio
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Ben Alli, Jewish Mollie, Jealous Zeldas, Uncle Vienna, Rabbi Jacob, Mollie Ben, Poland Morris, Morris Mollie, Ben Mollie, Mollie Morris, modern culture, mollie father, jacob ring mollies, ring mollies, mollies finger, rest family, ben alli, book mollie, jacob ring, ring mollies finger, morris mollie, hunger pains,
Approximate Word count = 696
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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