THE HUNDRED DRESSES

THE HUNDRED DRESSES

by EL BSOR ESTER

Open Ended

HOW DO WE JUDGE PEOPLE AROUND US?

Poll

IS THE ENDURING VALUE OF A PERSON HELPS US TO JUDGE A PERSON?

• YES

• NO

• MAY BE

​EL BSOR ESTER

1. ​IS AN AMERICAN AUTHOR.

​2. MOVED FROM POLAND TO AMERICA AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.

3. FAMOUS FOR WRITING CHILDREN'S STORIES

4.THIS STORY WAS WRITTEN IN 1994.​

1. ​

​THE POLISH - AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES

• ​POLAND IS A SMALL COUNTRY WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT. IT IS SURROUNDED BY 7 BIG COUNTRIES (GERMANY).

• ​DURING WARS, THIS COUNTRY WAS THE WORST HIT & THE POLISH PEOPLE WERE THE MOST AFFECTED . SO THEY MOVED IN LARGE NUMBERS TO OTHER COUNTRIES LIKE AMERICA, CANADA ETC.

• POLISH PEOPLE FLED AFTER POLISH INDEPENDENCE IN THREE WAVES TO AMERICA FROM GERMANY, RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA IN SEARCH FOR BETTER JOBS, MONEY AND TO ESCAPE FROM THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT IN POLAND.

​THE HUNDRED DRESSES

• ​THE STORY HIGHLIGHTS THE STRUGGLE AND DESCRIMINATION FACED BY THE POLISH IMMIGRANTS TO AMERICA.

• ​THEY WERE STEROTYPED (PRE-DECIDED NOTIONS) ON THE BASIS OF DRESSING STYLE, NAMES, CULTURE, WORK ETHICS.

• ​THEY DID NOT WANT TO BE ASSIMILATED IN THE AMERICAN CULTURE