Bread Givers Character Analysis Essay

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Andy Robertson
Dr. Matthews
9/18/15

At the end of Bread Givers Sarah’s father, Reb, moves in with Hugo and Sara. With her father’s ailing health, Sara hesitantly agreed with Hugo to let Reb move in with them. Hugo believes that the addition of Reb will be enlightening for his and Sara’s home. Sara, on the other hand, is worried that her father’s constant presence in her home will bring back her past life that she has worked so hard to get away from.
In my opinion, both Hugo and Sara have points as to why Reb moving in with them will be negative or positive. Hugo believes that Reb will add something virtuous to his and Sara’s home. I think that Hugo wants Reb to move in, because he wishes to further educate himself about things and traditions …show more content…

I think that Sara is just in not wanting her father to move in with her and Hugo. Hugo wants Sara’s father to move in with them even though he has only met Sara’s father once. I do not think that Hugo knows to the full extent how much of a jerk Sara’s father can be. Sara, however, had to grow up with her father, and she knows all too well how ill-mannered and rude her father can be. For example, the way her father treated her and her sisters was eccentric to say the least. However, Sara has most likely told Hugo about the way her father was to her and her family. But Hugo only heard about her father’s actions through stories; it is very different to be there, and experience it first hand as Sara did. That being said, I think that Reb moving in with her Hugo is going to be a constant reminder to Sara of a world that she has worked her whole life to get out of. I also think that Sara thinks her father will only be critical of the way that she and Hugo live. I think that Sara believes that her father is incapable of changing his ways. She thinks that her father is eternally set in his ways, and there is no changing him, or even finding a compromise of some nature. I also think that Sara is afraid of once again becoming compliant with the tyrannical type rule of her father, also that her father will have a negative effect on Hugo, a negative effect in that the teachings and opinions of her father will influence the opinions of Hugo. Sara wants be progressive in her life, as opposed to being like her sisters, stuck in a marriage they wanted no part of, and leading a miserable life with no independence. I believe that Sara thinks that living with her father will be detrimental to her growth as person, and her relationship with Hugo. I also think that Sara felt bad for her father and wanted to take care of him, but not to the extent of him moving in

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