In the book, Bread Givers, by Anzia Yezierska the Smolinsky family comes to America in search of the American Dream. Their family consists of four daughters, a hard working mother, and a non-employed, Torah-obsessed father who contributes absolutely nothing to the family. The father, Reb, shows no interest in assimilating to American culture, however, everyone else in the family yearns to become part of this “new” world. Throughout the book, it shows an immigrant’s internal struggle to find a balance between the “new” and “old” world is an ongoing, difficult trek that shapes one’s character and defines the line between expectation and reality. The difficult trek of an immigrant is also shown in “The Rush of Immigrants”, in which it tells
