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What Sorin is trying to say when he says the lower east side is a "Temporary Traditional One", is that the Jews have to change their life style and accommodate to the American life style when they first reach America. they leave their countries Doctors, teachers, and people with high positions , so when they get to American they cant do what they did at home and they become nothing. they get low paying jobs like maids and factory workers. so until they can adjust and make enough money to get in the positions they were in back home, these are going to become their traditions. the residents are transitioning from rich to poor, when they arrive to America and again poor to rich again. but the transitions are slow because they have to start all over again but as Sorin mentions they will be making a better life for their sons and daughters.

Susana Berisha Septmber 26,2009 Hester Street

In my opinion, when Sorin says that the culture of the lower east side is temporary transitional, he is explaining that neighborhoods change over time. when people move they look for places where they can feel comfortable and also try to live around others who share their same culture. Gitl and Bernstain are different compared to Jake and Mamie. Even after getting used to this country, Gitl and Bernstain maintained their culture. He didn't shave his face like Jake nor change his name. Jake and Mamie Americanization was made them forget where they came from. they just wanted to be happy and not worry about anything,on the other hand Gitl and Berstain Americanization was do to their needs. CARLOS PARRA. SEPTEMBER 26, 09.

Gicet Guzman September 26, 2009 Gitl and Bernstain's Americanization wasn't as strong and demanding as Jake and Mamie's. Gitl and Bernstain didn't change their names or religious believes for a dream in America. They still dressed like Jewish, and had a similar way of looking at things. Jake and Mamie changed their lives completely, they way they dressed, their names. It almost felt like they wanted to be reborn again as "real Americans". When Jake cut off his sons hair he said "look at him he looks like a yankee", it felt like he was ashamed of being a Jew and wanted so desperately to be an American. It kept showing throughout the film as he screamed and hit his wife for keeping Jewish traditions like wearing a wig. Faustina Arkorful September 26,2009, Hester Street

Sorin described the culture of the Lower East Side as a “ temporary transitional one” because it developed for almost four decades. He described their experiences of both the Old World tradition and the New World experience. Sorin described how dislocation and poverty constituted to crime, prostitution, desertion and divorce among the Jewish community. He identified three kinds of dramatic changes that brought about this transition: “ the physical uprooting from the familiar small-town world of eastern Europe to the vastness of America, a shift in class status and a separation from the long-standing moral context of their Jewish supportive tradition.” Due to the changes in their new foundland compared to what they have experienced from their old world, the Jewish immigrants have to yeild to the poverty and confusion in their new environment. They settled in the Lower East side which became their new home. They later on moved to other areas such as Harlem, East Bronx, Brooklyn, in the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Boro Park and Brownville. Things were tough but they managed to survive by their willingness to adapt and find a way to identity themselves as Americans. They had difficulties for accomodations, forcing them to live in uncomfortable situations, sleeping in hallways, fire escapes, kitchens and crowded rooms. Taking care of their families, doing business, religious traditions and obligations and marriages were all in jeopardy. Sorin described how they used different srategies like the whole family including children working to make ends meet, sometimes in a sweatshop as tailors with their skills from home, or on their own, working in the factories to get a little pay to support family both here and at home. Some were selling on the street in their pushcarts, mainly the women, foods that they know will be marketable and what people needed most. Some rented rooms for boarding to get extra money. They hustled in every way they could to survive. As time went on some moved on to become landlords and took on other jobs that pays higher, and others found themselves other opportunities such as bookbinding, watchmaking, cigar making, and tinsmithing to better their lives. They established the New York Tenement Housing Act to put an end to some of the housing problems facing them. The garments industry also expanded and it created jobs for both old and new arrivals. The old Jewish immigrants were contracting utilized section work. They were picking up work from the manufacturers and contracting them to the new arrivals to work for them and thereby making more money. Most of them worked at home which helped them to observe their religious traditions and the Sabbath. Some became self employed and opened their own small businesses such as groceries, butcher shops, candy stores, bakeries, and peddlers. Some pushcart vendors opened their own real stores. The Jewish community also used this opportunity to take care of their own. They produced and marketed essential items they use back home so they can still be involved and connected t to their traditions. Things like seltzer water, which was also health enhancing to them. They opened a large wholesale and retail seltzer enterprise dominated by Jewish bottlers, workers and teamsters. This created a remarkable ethnic economy. They also created areas that served their religious purposes, producing and overseeing their religious ritual dietary laws. The Jewish culture in the Lower East Side changed gradually over the years as they progressed and started taking charge in areas such as education, hospitals, theater, media and socialization. They started going to school to learn English and in some cases taught their native languages too. They opened the Educational Alliance which was a social tool for their transition. They opened vocational schools for the women to train and learn different skills and trades. This helped the immigrant girls from prostitution and provided them with a better lives and decent job. Divorced women were given counseling and in some cases provided with match making. They established a public nursing program to train women in that profession. They created small parks and playgrounds, built more schools and used the facilities as recreational centers and clubrooms. They created theaters for entertainment, social networks, neighbors on the block rooftop gathering, group at the candy store and provided some interaction and mutual support. They created newspapers which gave them information. All these institutions played a vital role in the temporary transition in the Jewish culture at the Lower East Side. 2 Jake and Mamie’s Americanization was different from Gilt and Bernstein. Jake changed his name, shaved his beard, dressed in suits and hats, dated and later married Mamie who is an American. This is against his Jewish tradition. He loved the American life and didn’t care much about his religion and traditions. He loved the “Yankee” life. In the film he taught his son how to speak English, .took his son to Central Park, played baseball with him, took him outside to see the city, shaved his head and changed his name. He dressed him up in the American fashion as soon as he came to join him from the old country with his mom. Jake didn’t care much about his wife Gilt because he has already fallen in love with Mamie and likes the way she carried herself. Her dressing and hair dos compared to his wife Gilt made her more attracted to him. He divorced his wife to marry Mamie. This was one of the practices of the Jewish men that Sorin was talking about in his article. Gilt was very dedicated to her culture, religion and traditions. Even though she is in America she couldn’t let go of her background. She wanted to wear her native scarfs and long gowns. Jake wanted her to dress like the American women but she didn’t want that. After many persuasions from him and a friend she changed. She saw that, it was what her husband wanted, and also she is losing him to this American women he has found here. She tried to dress American but had a hard time to wear some of the accessories needed such as the coessette to get a nice feminine shape. She couldn’t speak English and loved her native language especially when she talks to Bernstein. She eventually started learning English. She divorced her husband and got enough money to start a new life in America. Bernstein was very religious and traditional. Eventhough he is in America he still reads and speaks his Yiddish language. He practices his traditions and was very close to Gilt and helped her in any way he could. Bernstein worked with Jake in the factory as tailors. In the film Sorin portrayed that most of the Jewish men started their new life here as tailors with their skills from the old country. He taught Yossele, Jake’s and Gilts ‘s son how to speak and read the Yiddish language. This is also one of the element Sorin showed in the film that they created a school to teach that language to the children here. Bernstein also was boarding with Jake which Sorin ’s film depicts of how they rented rooms from friends and neighbors to sleep in.

Griselda Borja Hester Street Sorin describes early Jewish immigrants in America as a “temporary transitional” one. By the late 1800, New York City’s lower East side was home to the largest group of immigrants, particularly Eastern Europeans. Most immigrants that came to United States were face with a drastic change in “class status”. Many faced poverty and lived in cramped apartments. Jewish immigrants from the old country were skilled or semi skilled, however in the new world they were subjected to working low wages, long hours and in horrible conditions. Despite these conditions there was an advantage; German Jews owned most of the garment industry, which was rapidly expanding. This meant an employment opportunity for Jewish immigrants to work alongside other Jews. Certain Jewish immigrants became accustomed to the American lifestyle. They changed their names and started dressing like Americans. Men were clean shaven and women dressed in non-cultural attire. This at times, caused problems between couples that arrive from the old country. In Hester Street, Jake and Mamie Americanization differed from that of Gitl and Bernstein. Jake who came from the old country clearly shows how he has assimilated by his clean shaven appearance, his attire and his name change. He is having an affair with Mamie who is a dancer. Mamie is unaware that Jake has a wife and son until she actually meets them. Despite this, they continued the affair. Bernstein is a boarder who lives with Jake. Bernstein Americanization was different; He kept practicing his religion in the new world by reading and speaking in native language. He was a scholar in his country but in America he worked as a tailor. Gitl, Jake’s wife returns from Russia only to find that her husband has completely changed. He isn’t the “nobleman” he used to be. He doesn’t like the fact that she dresses like she’s living in the old country and he changed his son’s name from Yossell to Joey. Gitl and Bernstein become very good friends. They connect through their traditional values. Eventually Gitl accepts the name changes and the attire change but she is still strong with her roots. We see this when Jake and Gitl divorce at the end of the film.

Nicholas Maxwell Hester street. (1) What Sorin means by the culture of the lower east side as a " temporary transitional one" is that the life and changes these immigrants had to adapt to in new york city was only momentarliy for which in this case good can come from something bad. Settling in the lower east side came with the conditions of poverty as well as harsh living and many being of a particular status in the old world had to endure these transitions in order to provide a better life for thier sons and daughters in the future. The residents were recreating thier own Jewish community existence and culture in many parts of New York which include neighborhoods such as williamsburg, boro park, and brownsville in brooklyn as well in harlem, and east bronx in the later decades. The Educational Alliance impacted greatly in the aid of americinazation to the immigrants however, for the first decade played a major role on children because it was excluded to alduts. later on other institutions were created by Jewish establshment to cater to the needs of the Ghetto. These institutions include : Mount Sinai Hospital, the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, and the Hebrew Techinical Insititute for boys as well as a school to teach domestic arts to girls. (2) The Americanization of Jake and Mamie is nothing evidently near similiar to that of Gitl and Bernstein. Jake and Mamie clearly demostrates themselves as if they are an American born individual by the way they speak, carry themselves and dress. As showned in the begining of the film when Jake presents himself to his wife, her first reaction was of bewilderment to who this person was. Jake was cleaned shaved and well dressed as clear representation of american status. Gitl first words was even " you look like a noblemen". It became evident that Jake transformed hes whole enitire look to transit to this new lifestyle as an american quickly. Gitle and Bernstein still kept thier traditional look, Bernstein continued living in New York with hes beard however once Gitle recieved aid in speaking english and getting accustom to American traditions, her way of dressing started changing. She began to acknowledge the fact she lives in America now and has to adapt to the way woman speak, dress, and carry themselves.

Lorraine Alvarez Wright Sorin depicts the lifestyle of Jewish Immigrants, and the changes and difficulties they faced in America. The "temporary transitional" of the culture in the Lower East Side were the ocupational changes within social classes. The changing of family dynamics and gender roles.Many Jewish immigrants migrated mostly on the Lower East Side. The Jewih community was moving from traditional attire to modern American attire.People were speaking English and changing and shortening their names. Neighborhoods are extremely transitioning. Men work to send money back to their country for the voyage of their wife and children. If men could not provide for their wives, many would leave their families and or marry American women. Money and lack there of caused disparity and broken homes. Divorce were becoming conflict. Some men left their religious beliefs and took on American traditions. There are several institutions and practices Sorin identifies the aid in the the tradition were with social gatherings. Immigrants who came to the country earlier use English language and used frequently their native tongues. The street vendors and the consistency of making beautiful garments with fabric. Also the jobs were limited and everyone were impinged in the garment industry (seamstress), theaters (dancing), vendors (peddlers), jewelry makers, bakery shops, butcher shops. The Lower East Side was prodominently populated with Jewish people. They ran their own businesses. However scholars worked as either shoe makers, or garment makers. Jake and Mamie ONLY spoke ENGLISH. They dressed like Americans (men and women-groomed noblemen). Mamie dressed in high waist dresses and shirt waist.She wore feather hats on her hair and her hair was pinned up. She is a dancer. Jake does not wear his beard and leaves his mustache. His locks are cut off and his hair is cut short. He dress in a tie and shirt, slacks, and suspenders with a dress jacket.Jake says "In America you dress as you want". Jake gives his son Yosell an American name "Joey". He cuts Joey's locks. He identifies his son as a"Yankee". He is not into his wife, her traditional style, and customs. He tries to change her outer appearance. Gitl is still traditional. She brings her traditions into this modern world of a Jewish community.There was a scene where Jake takes Joey out on the town and Kitl takes the salt in the bedroom and places a handful in each pocket of Joey's jacket. She said this will protect you from Evil. Another incident was a merchant was in her home and she requested medicine for her husband to love her again. The merchant said "love potion" and she was happy to accept it until Ms. Kerstein walked in and warred off the peddler, She also influenced Gitl to change her outer appearance to make herself more appealing for her husband.Berstein stays home and study he assimilates to teaching. Gitl learn English from both Joey and Berstein. However his teaching was not in learning about the Torah, or Yiddish language but was for speaking English ($0.25 per hour).

Gary Bendykowski Hester street discussion

The culture of the lower east side is a temporary transitional one for the immigrants who came over from the old country. The lower east side was divided up into different areas, for example the Polish lived in one area and the Irish in another area and so on. It was transitional from their old life to the new life. A lot of times what they did for a living in the old world they couldn’t do it here so they had to learn a new trade. A lot of the men learned to be a tailor. He might have been a peddler in the old country but own a factory here which is also mentioned in the article. In order to learn the new trade, there were occupational training and English classes given to help them with the transition. Also the immigrants are transitioning their looks. The men shave off their beard and trim the sideburns not necessarily to look like a “nobleman” but to fit in with everyone else. Another institution Sorin talks about is the living arrangements. At first the immigrants could not afford to live by themselves so it wasn’t uncommon to have 2 or 3 families sharing one apartment. Under the 1879 reform law, 4 apartments would be put together with only one room of each floor receiving outside light. A lot of times at night the residents would move their mattresses outside at night to sleep, just like in the movie. It took awhile for them to transition over to the new life with a new career and start making money so they could afford their own place. Not only did they live in these apartments but they were converted into sweatshops and everyone had a task to do to keep the home and sweatshop running so they could make some money. The Americanization of Jake and Mamie compared to Getl and Bernstein is really different. Jake and Mamie really embraced the change and Getl and Bernstein fought it. Jake and Mamie changed the way they dressed and looked and they talked like Yankees. He shaved off his beard and peyes off and Mamie doesn’t wear a wig. Also her style of dress was very American. A neighbor tried to help Getl with her outfit by putting her in a corset under her dress so the shirt waist was accentuated. Getl was a firm believer in wearing a wig and when she didn’t wear it, she still styled her hair in the same style. Bernstein still kept his facial hair and style of dress. One comment that was made in the early part of the movie and they were talking about marriage and someone says, “In America, you marry for love.” When the movie starts, you have no idea Jake is married. Sorin mentions in the article about it being common, the men come here first to start a new life and eventually sending for the wife and rest of the family. But some men kind of forget they have a family back home. That was kind of the way for Jake. He really fancies Mamie and then next thing you know, his wife and child are here. At first they didn’t to let her in because the only proof of the marriage was the license in Yiddish but they did let her in. We do not know why they were married in the old country but I don’t think it was for love. He really wanted to marry Mamie and in the end he was able to. Getl and Bernstein were attracted to each other because they still shared some of the old beliefs like the style of dress but she has to wait for 91 days before she can get married again. Bernstein still studied the Torah, to him that was a sign of social status. When Getl and Yoselle first come over to New York City, Jake has to get settled into the new life he has now, that of a family man. He is very insistent on changing the child’s name to Joey and styling his hair like a little American boy and teaching him America’s favorite pastime activity. He also teaches him English and Getl only learned English by learning it from her son and picking it up from Jake speaking to her. Jake and Mamie embraced the acculturation process fully but Getl and Bernstein even though they lived here; they kept some of the old traditions. At the end of the movie, after the divorce is final, Getl and Bernstein are talking about what they wanted to sell in their grocery store. It sounded like they wanted to sell some of the traditional products from the old country. I imagine that is how the lower east side at the time was, a great big mix of people, some trying to loose the old ways and live in the present and others still retaining the past but living in the present.

Patricia Smith Hester Street

Sorin describes the culture of the LES as a "temporary transitional" one. He says this with respect to the relocating of the Jewish (immigrants) from their native country to a "new beginning" in America. Jews who settled in America were able to ponder the thought of a better life for themselves and families now. In his writing, Sorin tells of various places that Jewish immigrants eventually relocated to from the LES such as, the East Bronx and Williamsburg Brooklyn to name a few.

As for the "residents of the neighborhood", they were transitioning from the country which they originated from to their new beginnings on the Lower East Side in America. Various organizations and institutions were available for and catered to the Jewish people who migrated to America. The YMHA (young Men's Hebrew Association), Educational and Vocational Alliances, and a place called Agullar Freed Library Society were places of assistance which catered to the various needs of the Jewish immigrants, to name a few that Sorin speaks of.

Both Jake and Mamie obviously wish to be American. They convert to the ways of the American people and don't even seem to acknowledge their Jewish heritage/culture anymore. They both change their ways/style of dress and insist on the lavish style of living, as depicted by Americans. They are not nearly as reserved as Gitl and Bernstein. Jake and Mamie were out going and seemed to thrive off of the spontaneity of life and the fast pace way of life in America. Jake went so far as to shave his facial hair off, cut his son's traditional locks off, and change the name of his son to a more 'American' name. He showed him how to play baseball and seemed to have chosen to put his traditional up-bringing behind him, once in America. Gitl and Bernstein remained grounded, throughout the film, and continued to respect and honor their Jewish tradition. Gitl kept wearing her wig and dress for the most part. Bernstein even went so far as to continue the teaching of their language to young "Joey"(as Jake called him). At one point Gitl seemed to struggle a little with the the traditional birth name of her son and "the ways of America" by referring to him as "Joey", as well as, when she took off the wig and changed her style of dress temorarily. However, ultimately, gitl and Bernstein maintained their traditional ways and Jake and Mamie did not..

Ana Arias Hester Street September 24, 2009

Sorin was explaining how many immigrant Jews came to America with their own customs and tradition and primarily settled in the lower east side. Some of them were professionals in their country and from good families, but here in America they had to work with whatever was available to survive. These new immigrants lived in subdivided apartments were even some slept on two chairs together and worked in cramped factories because the population kept growing uncontrollably. Sorins’ article states that some kept their tradition and religion and missed their country, but others completely transformed their lives- starting with their religion. We can see this in the film; the streets are crowded with lots of vendors including children selling all sorts of things, dirty and with garbage everywhere. But we also see that the characters took different approaches to the ‘Americanization’ transition. Jake and Mamie adapted to the new life much too quick, they changed their physical appearance and forgot the religion. They were Americans not from ‘the old country’ anymore. Gitl and Bernstein were a little more cautious, they read the Koran, used traditional clothing, and spoke Yiddish. Sorin mentions that this was very common. Many immigrants integrated some of their old ways into America. They organized religious gatherings (as we saw in the Jazz Singer with Jackie in the synagogue) spoke their native language and basically kept their life here as when they lived in ‘the old country’. Jake and Mamie Americanization were totally different from Gitl and Bernstein. Each character had its own way of making the transition on becoming ‘Americanized. Each character had their own way of expressing the way they wanted to live their new life. Jake and Mamie adapted much too quickly to the American way, they spoke of their ‘old country’ as if it was never theirs, they only speak English and consider themselves Yankees. Gilt and Bernstein are like many immigrants I know. They adapt to America at a slower pace by learning the language and in Gitl’s case she changed her appearance by wearing hats instead of wigs but kept her Jewish traditions. I think Gitl was the real winner; she got the new life in America but held on to her traditional values and was certain to pass them on to her young son.
 * Jake **changed his name, shaved his beard and side curls, dated non-Jewish women and ate all sorts of foods. His clothing was more dated and what we may call modern. He was a self proclaimed Yankee who did not care for his background and religion.
 * Bernstein **read the Koran whenever possible. He kept the traditions and religion as part of his everyday life. He kept the long beard and his clothing was old fashioned- not what an American would wear in those days.
 * Mamie **was an independent woman; she worked for a living and attended a dance school in the evenings. She lived in a sub-divided room which was common at the time. She exposed her hair, dressed in lavish fitted dresses, wore fancy hats and dated men outside the Jewish religion.
 * Gitl **was very reticent and dedicated to her religion. In the beginning of the film she wore wigs or scarves to cover her real hair. Her clothes were dark and loose. She speaks Yiddish and slowly learned English through her son, Yossele. She noticed that her husband had other interests such as the way Mamie dressed. So, she made an attempt to change her traditional appearance which in return was not very well accepted by her husband.

1. When Sorin describes the lower East side as a “temporary transitional” one I think he means the Jews that moved there are coming from riches to rags. The neighborhood is transitioning from having money to having nothing, from living comfortably to being cramped. On page 69, Sorin says that they were coming from high positions like artisans, craftsmen, and pettymen to being proletarians or manual laborers, the lower class. The institutions and practices that aid in their transition are clothing factories, bookbinding, watch making, cigar making, and tint smithing. On the Tenth Ward there were 144 groceries, 131 butcher shops, 62 candy stores, 36 bakeries, and 2,440 peddlers and push cart vendors. 2. The Americanization of Mamie and Jake are different from Gitl and Bernstein in that Jake and Mamie more or less gave up everything while Gitl and Bernstein kept everything like their religion and their names. Jake changed his name from Yankel to Jake. He’s also become so caught up in the working world that he doesn’t know how to read. Jake seems like he’s trying to forget about his old life. Upon his son’s arrival he cut off Yossele’s side hairs, changed his name to Joey and later taught him baseball. Mamie has assimilated by having a strong attitude. In America women are independent and strong. Mamie has also assimilated in the way she dresses. Mrs. Kavarsky once told Gitl, “We live in an educated country so we dress like educated people.” This saying is the thought behind every assimilated Jew, like Mamie and Jake. At the beginning of the movie Gitl has not accepted this new culture. She stays with what she knows and is comfortable with. She learns English through her son and people she came in contact with. Bernstein now works just as much as Jake does but he has not neglected his culture. He read his books and started teaching Joey to read. Bernstein told Gitl that when you decide to come to America you’re saying “Goodbye Oh lord, I’m going to America.” I think this means that America is so corrupt that immigrants often forget where they came from and neglect their duties.
 * Candra Lewis**
 * Hester Street**

 My 1.My concept of what Sorin meant by describing the lower east side as a "temporary transitional" one, I thought he just meant is was a temporary affordable place were new immigrants came to in America to get started making some money and then move up the ladder from there. He also gave you a picture of how they transformed themselves to fit in the American way of doing things.They depicticted themselves as being a "yankee",they learned english, changed their hair styles changed their names to sound American and they even changed the way they dressed.He also showed us how they joined a dance school to learn how Americans dance in a professional way. When Jake went to immigration to son and his wife I think he was a little ashamed of how they looked or maybe he was ashamed that his wife looked at him the first time and couldn't tell it was him because of the way he transformed himself. The first thing she said to him was"You shaved your bierd". That told me that she see's a whole new different person.
 * Minetta Curtis**

2. Jake and Mamie transformed into "yankees" pretty quicker than Gitl and Bernstein and because they wanted alot more out of what America had to offer them and they knew at that time if they didn''t they couldn't make money the way they wanted it.They both worked in the clothing factory as seemstrist. Mamie wanted to own her own school one day and Jake wants to own a business also. He ( Jake) had no education but he knew how to make money. Everything about him and Mamie made them look as if they were Americans. They dressed very fancy and Jake shaved his beird and spoke english all the time and also Jake was dating Mamie knowing he was married. Gitl and Bernstein adjusted to the American life at a different pace ( gradually) because they didn't want to forget their religion and were they came from. Gitl changed the way he looked to satisfy her husband (Jack) who was clearly no longer in love with his wife, but she did what she could to save her marriage and after changing the way she dressed and doing her hair the way Mamie and the other Americanize immigrant ladies did their's it still didn't change things in her their marriage. Bernstein changed to be apart of his new found family ( Gitl and her son Joey) after Jake and Gitl got a divorce. Bernstein taught Joey english and then he taught his mom english to help her fit in.When Mamie came into Gitl's presence for the first time and she saw how the husband responded to her through body language it sought of woke her up and when Jake was constantly teasing Bernstein about being a scholar by reading too much and accusing him of being jealous of him having a family and him not having one at his age. These incidents helped Gitl and Bernstein to transform, but not forget where they came from.

1.Sorin describes the culture of the Lower East Side as a " temporary transitional" one meaning that the jewish immigrants are first traditional then transitioned into the "American" way of life. Some of the transitions are name changes. Their names are changed to sound more "American"."Jack" was Jankel before changing his name. He also shaved of his beard to look more "American". The type of clothing worn depicted their status as "American". Jack felt that his "American" appearance seperated him from other jewish immigrants.

2.Jack and Mamie were "Americanized" compared to Gitl and Bernstein who were traditional. Jack and Mamie wore suits and fancy dresses keeping up with the latest trends in american fashion while Gitl and Bernstein wore traditional clothing that seemed out of place in America. Jack adapted American sports and insisted that his son learn baseball and change his name to Joey. He wanted his wife Gitl to change her appearance and was shameful of her that he didn't want to go out in public if she was traditionally dressed. Gitl was superstitious and Bernstein was religious. Jack didn't want any part of that. P. Mangaru. 

joaquin fermin “Temporary transitional” means that when people come to the United States for the first time they have to learn the way that Americans live. The time they get up early in the morning to go to work, to pay taxes, the law and help from the government that they provide for the people when they are emigrating from their country. In fact all the benefits welfare and Medicaid insurance the language and how act and dress. Sorin demonstrates the that it does not matter if in the old country people is professionals in here they have to start from the beginning and work in factories like everybody for the first time. Jake and Manie let themselves get more influence by their surrounding because they learn how dress like noble gentleman speak English even with their relatives, they like music and not praying instead are more materialistic because everything is about who lives better and that they look like rich. In contrast Gilt and Bernstein are more sensitive and do not like to to get involve with the outside world like dressing the formal clothing the old country food are family type like praying and not the noice