Rivkeh Analysis

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Asher’s family is special, his father Aryeh and mother Rivkeh are not doing ordinary jobs. They carry the errands of Lavender Jews. They have not only notably different ways, but also similar approaches to educate their son. They both dearly love Asher by all heart and soul. Rebbe appoints Aryeh to go to Vienna for leading Jewish Community and taking his whole family with him. However, Asher reveals tremendous resistance of leaving his streets. His parents come up with a solution finally. “We decided to leave you with your Uncle Yitzchok. Then we came home and found you and saw we could not give your Uncle Yitzchok such a responsibility. Do you understand, my Asher? Do you understand what we’re doing?”(149) As a result, Rivkeh is going to stay …show more content…

They care his feelings and devote their best effort to protect him. They try to minimize the influence that will hurt him. Nevertheless, they still have differences on raising Asher due to their dissimilar characters. Aryeh disagree with Asher for doing arts. Once Asher leaves from the school in the middle of the day and disappears until night. Rivkeh is furious and so worried about him. When Aryeh comes back from travel, he composes some rules for Asher which including he must go home immediately after the school is over and not allow him drawing. “If you were a genius in mathematics, I would understand. If you were a genius in writing, I would also understand...But a genius in drawing is foolishness, and I will not let it interfere with our lives. Do you understand me, Asher?” (141) Aryeh does not approve art and even forbid it. In contrary, Rivkeh engages Asher’s interest in art. She sometimes asks Asher if he makes new drawings these days and let Asher draw herself. She admires some of the drawings. Aryeh and Rivkeh have their own ways and opinions on educations of Asher. Though some of their concepts are different even contradictory, they hopes Asher to be good and

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