The Reality of Immigrants Exposed in Bread Donors For thousands of years people have left their home country in search of a land of milk and honey. Immigrants today still identify the country they are emigrating to as the Promised Land or the land of milk and honey. While many times the dream of the Promised Land comes true, other times the reality is very different from the dream. Immigration is not always a perfect journey. There are many reasons why families immigrate and there are differences in perceptions about immigration and the New World that create difficulties and often separate generations in the immigrant family. Anzia Yezierska creates an immigration story based on a Jewish family that is far from ideal. Yezierska's text is a powerful example of the turmoil created in the family as a result of the conflict between the Old World and the New World. The Smolinsky family in Bread Givers emigrates to the United States due to political conflicts. In reality they leave Russia as an indirect consequence of their father's refusal to serve in the army. His refusal is based on his religious beliefs. The mother, Shenah Smolinsky, explained why to Sara, the narrator, saying, "The Tsar of Russia [...] wanted to tear your father away from his learning and make him a common soldier" (33). The family rescues the father from the army. Subsequently, due to the sudden death of Mrs. Smolinsky's father, Mr. Smolinsky takes over his father-in-law's business. Mr. Smolinsky's business knowledge is hindered by his dedication to religion and the business is forced to close. So, Mr. Smolinsky took the American dream to heart: "And when it was all gone, our only hope was to come to America, where my father thought things didn't cost... half the paper..." . ..ll. 1998.He, Qiang Shan. "Chinese-American Literatures in the United States: A Sourcebook for Our Multicultural Literary Heritage. Ed. Alpana Sharma Knippling, Connecticut: Greenwood Press -65.Krupnick, Mark.. "Jewish-American Literature." New Immigrant Literatures in the United States: A Sourcebook for Our Multicultural Literary Heritage. Ed. Alpana Sharma Knippling, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996. Pilcer, Sonia. "Visions of America Personal Tales from the Promised Land" Ed. Wesley Brown and Amy Ling, New York: Peresea Books, 1999.---."Soap and Water." Imagining America's Stories from the Promised Land, 8th edition. New York: Peresea Books, 1991. 105-110.