Bread Givers Paper Daughter
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Bread Givers vs. Paper Daughter
Life as an immigrant family in the early 1900's as well as mid century was quite tough. The two novels, Bread Givers and Paper Daughter both show the lives of migrant children and young women and their journey through life. In Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers, the author portrays a young, Polish Jew, Sara Smolinsky, who is the youngest daughter of an Orthodox rabbi. The father puts forth the most obstacles in Sarah's life with his strong beliefs against women's rights and power for them. Reb Smolinsky studies the Torah constantly and believes that this is his duty in the household, his duty to get the family to heaven. As he stays and studies the Torah, he leaves the families expenses to be paid for by the rest of the women in the family. In Elaine Mar's Paper Daughter, Elaine Mar goes through much of the same in her adventure in American lifestyle. Coming from Hong Kong with her relatives, Elaine's family moved in with her aunt and the rest of her family in Denver. Here, they run a Chinese restaurant working long hours...