In Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers of 1952, a family of immigrant parents living in poverty in the ghetto of New York City struggle to survive. Yezierska’s use of allusion and hyperbole emphasize Sarah’s message on the American Dream that is something everyone can obtain through hard work and perseverance. For so long, Sarah has been dreaming of the day she will become a successful teacher she questions herself, “Why can’t I?” (Yezierska 162). Sarah reads a story of girl in the newspaper who started off impoverished and miserable but through determination she worked hard, attended school, and became a teacher. The allusion in the newspaper says, “then suddenly she began to study in the night school, then college…” (Yezierska 155). This allusion