Bread Givers: Book I
Bread Givers: Book I
My initial reaction to this novel, so far, is one of frustration and almost anger. I am so annoyed by Sara's father that it almost stresses me out. I am utterly amazed at the way that the father speaks to the members of his family, and how he can do nothing to earn wages and yet willingly give money out to charities. He is so full of himself that it is almost ridiculous. I think the most amazing part is that he believes himself to be a good father, husband, and person. The way that he practically prostitutes his daughters into marriage, refers to his wife as "woman" and spends all of his time reading his books and not earning money for the family, and then expects his daughters to support him is unreal. I could go on about this for a very long time, he makes me so mad... but one quote that I found to be absolutely appauling was when he stated to both Mashah and Fania, "As you made your bed, so you must sleep on it" (Yezierska, 85). After he forced his daughters to turn down the men that they loved for two men that were nothing but liars, he told them that it was their own fault. Now imagine if they had disobeyed him and not married the men.... this was definitely a lose-lose situation for the two girls, and it really bothers me that he is so arrogant to think that he has done nothing wrong. He speaks many times throughout the first part of the novel about how smart he is.... if you ask me, it is ignorance. Or maybe just pure stupidity?
I see some similarities in this novel compared to some other liturature that we have read so far this semester. The living conditions described are much like those of Life in the Iron Mills by Rebecca Harding Davis. However, I feel as though this story, thus far, has not involved the narrator much at all. I don't feel like I know much about Sara, just the other members of her family, but I think that may be about to change...
Yezierska, Anzia. Bread Givers. 1925. Doubleday & co., inc. 1-151.
My initial reaction to this novel, so far, is one of frustration and almost anger. I am so annoyed by Sara's father that it almost stresses me out. I am utterly amazed at the way that the father speaks to the members of his family, and how he can do nothing to earn wages and yet willingly give money out to charities. He is so full of himself that it is almost ridiculous. I think the most amazing part is that he believes himself to be a good father, husband, and person. The way that he practically prostitutes his daughters into marriage, refers to his wife as "woman" and spends all of his time reading his books and not earning money for the family, and then expects his daughters to support him is unreal. I could go on about this for a very long time, he makes me so mad... but one quote that I found to be absolutely appauling was when he stated to both Mashah and Fania, "As you made your bed, so you must sleep on it" (Yezierska, 85). After he forced his daughters to turn down the men that they loved for two men that were nothing but liars, he told them that it was their own fault. Now imagine if they had disobeyed him and not married the men.... this was definitely a lose-lose situation for the two girls, and it really bothers me that he is so arrogant to think that he has done nothing wrong. He speaks many times throughout the first part of the novel about how smart he is.... if you ask me, it is ignorance. Or maybe just pure stupidity?
I see some similarities in this novel compared to some other liturature that we have read so far this semester. The living conditions described are much like those of Life in the Iron Mills by Rebecca Harding Davis. However, I feel as though this story, thus far, has not involved the narrator much at all. I don't feel like I know much about Sara, just the other members of her family, but I think that may be about to change...
Yezierska, Anzia. Bread Givers. 1925. Doubleday & co., inc. 1-151.
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