In Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers of 1952, the author writes the book of a family of immigrant parents living in poverty in the ghetto of New York City. Yezierska’s use of a hyperbole and irony really emphasize the fact that Sarah's parents have been holding in their grudges for each other, leading to poor communication that later leads to an epic dispute. For so long, Sarah’s mother has been keeping her anger with her husband inside, but after he lost their family a fortune and had no remorse, she went ballistic. Mother’s hyperbole provokes the conclusion that Jeb’s confusing ideas of religion make her resent him, as Mother says, “That is why I am so deeply buried in the ground by you,” (Yezierska 125). Thereby, with this hyperbole, the author
