Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Bread Givers and Romance
A common issue that is shown in Bread Givers is the struggle in the immigrant Jewish household for women to obtain their independence, both romantically and financially. According to the text, the patriarch of the immigrant Jewish family has the final say in where money goes and who his children are allowed to become romantically involved with. This is especially true with daughters. The daughters of the family are required to earn wages and contribute to the financial health of the family, and the father seems to use this as leverage to keep the women under his "control". Do you, as the reader, believe such a system creates a stronger familial connection or inhibits one?
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I think it builds resentment towards the family as you see in Sara's characters, and really all the sisters for that matter. The father is so religious and giving when it comes to others but not with his own family. It's really interesting to see how his character alienates his daughters one by one never learning from the last.
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