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The fight between the bread givers Since the 1920s, numerous changes have occurred in traditional family values ​​and family life. The research revealed different findings about family values, the way things were done and are done now, and the different types of old and new world struggles. In Bread Givers by Anzia Yezierska, Sara and her father have different opinions on what the role of daughters should be. To be. Sara believed that she should be able to choose what her life will be, because it is her life. In this sense it was assimilated to the new world. She felt that since she lived in America, she should have the right to be free to choose her lifestyle and make it what she wanted. He believed that he should be able to keep some of his hard-earned money for himself and that his father should get up and work instead of reading the Torah all day over and over again. Her father believed that he should be able to choose what to do for his daughters and his wife. He wanted them to work and give money to their family. Meanwhile he practiced Torah. He felt he should have all the good portions of the meal even if he didn't work to provide the meal. This is an example of the new VS world. the old world. There is a definite generational tension about assimilation in America and expectations are different for the father than for the women in the family. Sara's father also feels that he should choose the man his daughters will marry. This is such an old world and Sara won't accept it. He observed his sisters so dissatisfied with the husbands their father chose for them. Her father believes, "No girl can live without a father or husband to take care of her," "He says in the... middle of the paper... point of view of her life story and her experiences. He makes a great job in describing the struggles he had with his father and the desire to become independent. This book shows us an in-depth description of the life of an immigrant and his struggles to fit in and be like everyone else. He faces difficult times and makes good. her life what she wants and achieves her goal. Sara inspires us by showing us that if we work hard enough we can overcome anything and achieve our life goals. Cowan, Neil M. and Cowan, Ruth Schwartz, Our Lives parents, New York: New York Press, 1989. Kristeva, Julia, Strangers To Ourselves: Addison-Wesley, 1991. Yerkes, Robert M., Book Review Digest: Reviews of 1925 New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1926 Yezierska, Anzia, Bread Givers New York: Persea Books, Inc., 1999.