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 common immigrant during the 1920s in assay of the American dream. The main character Hanneh Hayyeh is tired of living like a pig, so she does whatever it takes to satisfy her place in living this dream. Mrs. Hayyeh level idolizes her son and takes much pride in the fact that hes in the army, fighting for her to live this dream. Another character that contri plainlyes to the way Mrs.Hayyeh perceives America is, Mrs. Peterson. Mrs. Peterson has it wholly a beautiful house,stability, and money. One thing that Mrs. Peterson mentions to Mrs. Hayyeh that is very crucial is the word democracy, Mrs. Hayyeh completely misinterprets this word thinking that everyone in America can be financially equal. Mrs. Hayyeh has unrealistic expectations of this dream, and she later comes to realize that not everything is as profound as it seems. The Lost beautifulness, is a story filled with many historical components.An obvious component that is seen from the vex is the famous WWI, w present we see Mrs. Hayyeh worship her son before he goes out and fights for America. Many men were drafted and took take to the war during these times, leaving behind the sad, but proud mothers. Another important historical component is immigration, where in the text we meet Mrs. Hayyeh, an Immigrant from Russia. A major factor that led to the rise of immigration during these times was to put forward freedom of religion, and feel the American Dream. Mrs.Hayyeh was a Jewish char trying to escape oppressed Russia and flood tide to the U. S where she later realized that here days of oppressions were not over yet. The oppression she faced in the U. S had to do with the men in her life. First, she faces her cruel landlord who keeps increasing her rent on unjust terms. Mrs. Hayyeh relentlessly tries to fight this mans cr uel acts without any fear because she thinks America and democracy, will help her through, and she doesnt know that like in her religion Women are suppressed figures here too. In the domestic cranial orbit Mrs. Hayyeh has a raditional Jewish husband who hasnt supported her in any way through her pushful ideas, and when her world 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 but plenty of other religions indicate that a woman must obey her husband. Many men drive taken advantage of that and in places like Africa, India, and even the United States domestic violence has alarmingly increased from the roots 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 physically demoralise a female. It is understandable th at womans unearthly beliefs can be very strong but there is a fine line 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 credentials from the actual plant life of the text from the particular religion.These interpretations are likely altered to be at the convenience of the men, and women often have lack of knowledge 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 steady many third world countries were trying to help progress, and break away from unreasonable perspectives.