Bread Givers Summary

Bread Givers is writdecade by AnziaYezierska. This book demonstrates how a young wo military man prevent to follow her sisters stairs and choose her own way of living. The narrator of this book is Sara Smolinsky. She is a ex years old flyspeck girl who always dysphoric for the ingleside as a mother. She is such a sweet and sanitary minded girl. Saras family is extremely poor and if Saras sisters dont find a job, the whole family willing be kicked out of the theater for not paying roue. Sara has three sisters Bessie is the oldest, then Mashah and Fania, and none of them has a job.Saras mother, Shena, is a traditional housemarried wo manhood 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. maverick, Saras father, he studies religion all(prenominal)(prenominal) the time and only care some his record book and beliefs. He does not impart a job and does no t puzzle the responsibility for his entire family even though he is the only man in the house. The whole family was hanging on Bessies neck for her salaries since she is the oldest girl.Everyday wholly 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 homogeneous gunk and towel which is a big waste of money. subsequently 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 impel 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 in brief as Reb came back home, he started skepticism Berel about religious belief and Reb embarrassed Berel. Reb didnt agree with the marriage simply because Bessie earns him the biggest wages. Reb and B erel kept arguing for a while because Reb asked Berel to pay for the wedding and buy outfit for himself. Finally, Berel free-base out the only thing Reb cares about is money. Berel rushed to the brink and slammed himself out. The next day, Berel talked to Bessie if she wants to draw him without her fathers allowance. Bessies answer is no because she couldnt leave her father, he needs her.Weeks afterward, Berel announces his engagement with another girl which made Bessie extremely upset. For Mashah, she fell in love with Jacob Novak who is a pianissimo assai player. Jacobs family is so rich that his father did not want Mashah to marry his son. Jacob listened to his father and left Mashah. Later on, Jacob felt regret and wanted to ascertain Mashah again notwith corroborateing Reb intervened because it happened once and there will be the second time and he pushed Jacob out of the apartment. In chapter five, Reb got a letter from Morris Lipkin saying he wanted to marry Fania.Obv iously Reb refused Morris sideline simply because Morris is poor. Later, Reb brought a guy Moe and introduced Moe to his family in front of Morris but ignored Morris. Morris as well ask offense at it and walked away without return. Few weeks later, Reb brought a cloak dealer named Abe Schmukler and he asked Fania to marry him. Both Mashah and Fania got married that day. It seemed like both of the girls married a rich guy. Reb became well know for his deed that he found two excellent husbands for both of his daughters. However, Mashah and Fania before long discovered both of their husbands are liars.Moe and Abe arent rich at all. Later in the book, a fish peddler named Zalmon married Bessie because he gave promises to go for Reb a few hundred dollars to set Reb in business. Till now, all three of Rebs daughters were married and none of them have a happy marriage. In the very end of chapter 8, Reb got mad at Sara for two cents. A girl didnt have all twelve cents to buy a pound of rice, instead, she had ten. Sara trusted the little girl that she will bring two cents back so Sara sell the rice for ten cents and that made Reb exceedingly angry.Finally Sara couldnt stand it anymore and she decided to leave home by herself. At first, Sara went to Bessies house and willing to live with them. As soon as Sara got there, Bessie told her she is too poor to help Sara. Then Sara went to see Mashah. However, Sara found out Mashahs life isnt as well as everybody belief of. Mashahs house is spotless and Moe treated Mashah very poor. Later on, Sara made a plan which changed her life forever. Sara decided to go to night school with a goal of earning a teachers certificate. Then Sara rent a elbow room and found a job as an ironer.Except for sleeping, Sara spent ten hours at work, two hours at school and another two hours to schooling on her own. Sara is barely eating enough and she is starving. For a few long time Sara was hungry, and she burned a shirt receivable to can t boil down her mind during the day. She had to pay a couple of dollars to make up her dislocate which put her finance into a worse situation. Sara worked hard both at school and at work so that there was no trim time for her to visit home. Later on, Sara met Max who is Fanias husband Abes business partner.Max fell in love with Sara but she would rather await out of this relationship. However, Saras father Reb, suddenly came to Saras apartment and check over with her whether she refused to marry Max. Reb tried his best to preach Sara in tell apart to make get married with Max. Again, Sara rejected Rebs persuasion. In chapter 16, Sara got into a college and soon she figured out college life is way harder than she thought of. Sara had a great desire to learn and she rent a room next to her professor which made her have to pay more for the rent since the room is nicer and bigger than the one she used to rent.The professors were all interested in Saras story about her life in Hest er Street which is a good thing to Sara, because, as an exchange, the professors taught Sara more knowledge. Time flies by, Sara swimmingly graduated from college and she got her certificate as a teacher. Her goal was achieved and she is now on her way to visit home since she had been away from home for over half a dozen years. Everything around Sara seemed so lovely and Sara was filled with new hope. However, after Sara returned home, she found her mom Shenah was desperately ill and refused to go see the doctor.Later on, Shenah dead due to illness and her only wish to Sara was to take good care of her husband, Reb. Sara soon visited Reb, for her mother Shenah willing her to take care of Reb. As soon as Shenah dead, Reb started wearing his nice clothes and married his neighbor Mrs. Feinstein later on. However, Reb soon realized that her new wife only cares about his money and she had been waiting for him to die so that she can take all of his money away. Reb felt sad and willing to leave her. Later, Sara got to carry out Hugo Seelig, the principal.Sara repected him and she soon became friend with Hugo. They begin walk home together every day and their relationship was a step further. A few months passed by, Sara ran into a guy who was selling gum and surprisingly Sara recognized that old man was her father. Sara realized Reb was sick and she began take care of him every day after school. The good thing is, Reb was getting break away and better each day. Then, Sara brought Hugo home to her father, and it seemed like they got along well with each other. Hugo tell that Reb must come live with them.