Immigrant Reality Exposed in Bread Givers For thousands of years, people left their home countries in search of land milk and honey. Immigrants today still equate the country they immigrate to with the Promised Land or the land of milk and honey. Although this dream of the Promised Land often 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 of immigration and the New World that create difficulties and often separate generations within the immigrant family. Anzia Yezierska creates an immigration story based on a Jewish family that is far from ideal. Yezierska's text is a striking 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 of Bread Givers immigrates to the United States due to political conflicts. In fact, 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 the reason to Sara, the narrator, saying: “The Tsar of Russia […] wanted to tear your father away from his knowledge and make him a simple soldier” (33). The family buys the father out of the army. Then, 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 hampered by his devotion to his religion and the business is forced to close. So Mr. Smolinsky took the American dream to heart: "And when everything was gone from us, then our only hope was to come to America, where my father thought things cost n...... middle of paper ... ..ll. 1998. He, Qiang Shan. “Chinese-American Literature.” New Immigrant Literatures in the United States: A Sourcebook on Our Multicultural Literary Heritage Ed. Alpana Sharma Knippling, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996. -65.Krupnick, Mark. “Jewish-American Literature.” New Immigrant Literatures in the United States: A Sourcebook on Our Multicultural Literary Heritage Ed Alpana Sharma Knippling, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. 295-308. Pilcer, Sonia. “2G. » Personal Stories from America's Promised Land Ed. Wesley Brown and Amy Ling New York: Peresea Books, 1993. Yezierska, Anzia Bread Givers. : Persea Books, 1999.---. “Soap and water”. Imagining America's Stories of the Promised Land Ed. Wesley Brown and Amy Ling. New York: Peresea Books, 1991. 105-110.