When reading this book the character of the Father was really interesting to me. We've been talking a lot in class about how America treated many immigrants badly, but it seems to me that a lot of immigrants faced worse oppression at home. Whenever the Mother would get flustered, the Father only had to use Religion as his excuse and suddenly everything was okay. This is the same with his treatment of his daughters, especially that with Bessie who feels so responsible for her Father that she gives up a pretty nice marriage opportunity in order to keep caring for him.
So my question is, do you think a lot of Immigrants found that their home lives were more oppressive than something like working at a factory all day? Why do you think some immigrants held on to strict family/religious values while others didn't?
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