Freedom Is Not Free in Bread Givers Anzia Yezierska in Bread Givers and "Children of Lonelies" explores the theme of reconciling assimilation into American culture and maintaining its cultural heritage. "Richard F. Shepard said in the New York Times that the people of Yezierska... didn't want to find themselves. They wanted to get lost and find America" ​​(Gale Database 8). Rachel and Sara, the protagonists, move forward by adopting the American motto that hard work will pay off. The problem for both is losing their Jewish identity in the process. Yezierska, like the female characters, experienced the loneliness of separation from the Jewish people as she overcame poverty. “I am alone because I left my world” (Ebest 8). He repeatedly explores this issue in his work by trying to find a solution to a problem without an easy answer. To achieve religious, social, political equality and equality 23 million Jews immigrated to America in the years between 1880 and 1920 (Chametzky, 5). Anzia Yezierska wrote about her experiences as a poor immigrant in her fictional work becoming a voice of the Jewish people in the 1920s. She struggled to obtain an education that would allow her to overcome her family's poverty and gain some autonomy. Rachel and Sara, the female protagonists, reflect the life of the author who goes from immigrant in difficulty to graduate. Yezierska uses her own experiences to portray the Jewish immigrant experience through a woman's perspective. She successfully gained a commercial following that allowed her to mediate the cultural differences between the traditional culture and the Jewish people which helped resolve the differences between established Americans and these new immigrants for a time (Ebes..... . middle of paper .. .... subject to a particular ethnic identification. Freedom in America is not free; each ethnic group of immigrants eventually loses its cultural identity, but also adds to the diverse American voice , Jules. Ed. Jules Chametzky, John Felstiner, Hilene Flanzbaum, and Kathryn Hellerstein New York: W. W. Norton, 2001. 1-23. “Anzia Yezierska and the Popular Periodical Debate on the Jews of the United States.” . Spring 2000 Gale Group Yezierska, Bread Givers New York: Persea Books, 1925.---Chametzky, John Felstiner, Hilene Flanzbaum and Kathryn Hellerstein, 2001. 233-244.