The Lost Beautifulness

Diana Tello ENH 285 Englehart 22 Febuary 2012 Journal Entry 5 Anzia Yezierskas The Lost Beautifulness Anzia Yezierskas short story The Lost Beautifulness, is the portrayal of the everyday immigrant during the 1920s in search of the American dream. The main character Hanneh Hayyeh is tire of living uniform a pig, so she does whatever it takes to fulfill her habitation in living this dream. Mrs. Hayyeh even idolizes her son and takes much pride in the fact that hes in the army, fighting for her to live this dream. other character that contri just nowes to the way Mrs.Hayyeh perceives America is, Mrs. Peterson. Mrs. Peterson has it all a beautiful house,stability, and money. unmatchable thing that Mrs. Peterson mentions to Mrs. Hayyeh that is very crucial is the word democracy, Mrs. Hayyeh completely misinterprets this word sentiment that everyone in America can be financially equal. Mrs. Hayyeh has unrealistic expectations of this dream, and she subsequent(prenominal) comes t o realize that not everything is as good as it seems. The Lost beautifulness, is a story filled with humansy historical components.An obvious component that is seen from the originate is the famous WWI, whither we see Mrs. Hayyeh worship her son before he goes extinct and fights for America. Many men were drafted and took off to the war during these times, leaving behind the sad, just proud mothers. Another important historical component is immigration, where in the text edition we meet Mrs. Hayyeh, an Immigrant from Russia. A major factor that led to the rise of immigration during these times was to express freedom of religion, and feel the American Dream. Mrs.Hayyeh was a Jewish woman trying to escape oppressed Russia and coming to the U. S where she later realized that here days of oppressions were not over yet. The oppression she confront in the U. S had to do with the men in her life. First, she faces her cruel landlord who keeps increase her rent on unjust terms. Mrs. Ha yyeh relentlessly tries to fight this mans cruel acts without any fear because she thinks America and democracy, will help her through, and she doesnt know that like in her religion Women be suppressed figures here too. In the domestic sphere Mrs. Hayyeh has a raditional Jewish husband who hasnt supported her in any way through her ambitious ideas, and when her origination comes crumbling down, he abandons her and lets her know that she shouldve listened to her husband. Historically, and even today In the Judaism Religion, if a women wasnt obedient to her husband, all hell would break loose. Not only Judaism moreover plenty of other religions indicate that a woman must heed her husband. Many men pull in taken advantage of that and in places like Africa, India, and even the United States domestic violence has alarmingly increased from the root of these ideas.Humans are entitled to mistakes and choices and by no means should a man get a free pass to emotionally, verbally, or phy sically squall a female. It is understandable that womans religious beliefs can be very strong but there is a fine bed between religion and humanity. It is also imperative to understand that the religious interpretations that women receive, if any, are taught by men, so they may not even have enfranchisement from the actual works of the text from the particular religion.These interpretations are likely neutered to be at the convenience of the men, and women often have lack of association which leads to their vulnerability. Many women believe they have to tolerate abuse because of the subservience they have towards their husbands. Slowly, here in the U. S we are managing to move away from this but today there are still many third founding countries were trying to help progress, and break away from unreasonable perspectives.