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About the Author

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Isaac Bashevis Singer was born in Leoncin, Poland, on July 14, 1904. He was the third of four children, three of whom became writers. Hinde […]

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Overview

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Published 1969 A Day of Pleasure describes the author’s experience of a world that was beautiful but fleeting. The Warsaw ghetto, where Singer spent much […]

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Setting

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The main setting for these stories is the Jewish section of Warsaw before and during World War I. The Singer family moves from rural Radzymin […]

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Themes and Characters

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The most important character in these stories is of course Isaac, and his experiences as a young boy provide the main theme. But other characters […]

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Literary Qualities

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The stories collected in A Day of Pleasure are more than autobiographical sketches or memoirs. They reveal the vivid imagination and intellectual curiosity, the conflicts […]

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Social Sensitivity

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Life in the Warsaw ghetto of the early 20th century could be rough, even brutal, and Singer does not gloss over the conditions he endured […]

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Topics for Discussion

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What kind of boy is Isaac? Does he fit the description of young Isaac in the introductory story, “Who I Am”? What are his main […]

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Ideas for Reports and Papers

July 22, 2008 admin 0

How important is the element of fantasy in Singer’s stories? Does it detract from or enhance the realism they also contain? Compare the mainly autobiographical […]