A Realistic Look at the Bread Givers and How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents America is a country that was created and colonized by immigrants from many different countries. These immigrants came to America in search of the "American Dream" of freedom and a better way of life, and their stories have been recorded by various authors in fiction and nonfiction stories. But can the fiction genre be considered a reliable source for studying the stories of immigrants? If American immigrant literature is to be used as a reliable source for understanding the immigrant experience, it must be justified that this literature accurately traces the history of the immigrant narrative. In an effort to justify the genre of fiction as a reliable source for understanding immigrant history. narrative, we will examine the personal lives and works of fiction of Anzia Yezierska and Julia Alvarez, two second-generation immigrant authors, who wrote about immigrant experiences. In doing so, we will determine whether the personal stories of these ladies follow the basic immigration narrative, whether their fictional stories convey a realistic portrayal of the immigrants they write about, and therefore can we assume that American literature on immigration can be a reliable source. source for understanding the immigrant experience? The story of American immigration begins with the immigrant's decision to leave the old world. The reasons for leaving can vary from one person to another and from one country to another, but everyone comes looking for a better life than the one they had in the old world. The narrative continues with the journey to the new world and the struggles encountered along the way. Once in America, many immigrants are shocked by the new culture they discover...... middle of paper ...... in America, and the genre of fiction can be a reliable and enjoyable source for understanding the immigrant experience in this country. multicultural society that we call the United States of America. Works Cited Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia girls lost their accents. New York: Plume, 1992. Alvarez, Julia. Something to declare. Chapel Hill: Algonquin, 1998. Contemporary Authors. Flight. 147. Detroit: Gale, 1995 Contemporary literary criticism. Flight. 46. ​​Detroit: Gale, 1988. Contemporary Literary Criticism. Flight. 93. Detroit: Gale, 1996. Dictionary of Literary Biography. Flight. 28. Detroit: Gale, 1984 Harris, Alice. Preface. Bread givers. By Anzia Yezierska. New York: Persea, 1975. v-xviii. Seller, Maxine. Looking for America: A History of Ethnic Life in the United States. Englewood: Ozer, 1977. Yezierska, Anzia. Bread givers. New York: Perseus, 1975.