Document Type
Freshman Seminar Essay
Publication Date
1986
Excerpt
The old saying goes that behind every great man is a great woman. For it is the woman's support and inspiring words that motivate the man to reach his goals. The major female characters of Beret, Mikey's mother, and Consuelo in the respective novels, Giants in the Earth, Jews Without Money, and Pocho fulfill this description to the extent that they went along with their husbands' wishes and encouraged them in times of doubt. But they all had reservations about settling down in a new country. A lot of changes and hardships awaited them and they would have to struggle to make sense of the whole situation and live with it.
Recommended Citation
Brackman, Mary, "The Lot of the Immigrant Woman (1986)" (1986). The Valpo Core Reader. 500.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/500