"The Tormentors and Their Influences" Anzia Yezierska. Bread Givers. Harriet Jacobs. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.

Jeffrey McGurren October 14, 2002 "The Tormentors and Their Influences" Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl and Bread Givers are novels which unfold the struggles that two young girls have to face under the strict laws of their tormenters. Reb Smolinsky and Doctor Flint are the burdens of the girls lives, and they know they must escape them. Reb Smolinsky is the father to Sara in Bread Givers and he plays the role of an …

…them to search for a feeling of freedom. When Linda and Sara escaped these men the burdens on their life some what diminished. They now not only have the right of choice, but most importantly the right of opportunity and that is something that I believe anyone and everyone deserves. Works Cited Anzia Yezierska. Bread Givers. New York: Persea Books, 1999. Harriet Jacobs. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1987.