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Morris Lipkin, a poet, is a man whom Fania falls in love with and initially plans to marry. Although Morris isn’t a wealthy man, he cares deeply for Fania and writes her heartfelt love letters. When Father becomes aware of the couple’s intentions to marry, he forbids the marriage and threatens to disown Fania if she continues to see Morris. Unwilling to give up her family, Fania tearfully breaks things off with Morris.
Morris Lipkin Quotes in Bread Givers
The Bread Givers quotes below are all either spoken by Morris Lipkin or refer to Morris Lipkin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5 Quotes
“A writer, a poet you want for a husband? Those who sell the papers at least earn something. But what earns a poet? Do you want starvation and beggary for the rest of your days? Who’ll pay your rent? Who’ll buy you your bread? Who’ll put shoes on the feet of your children, with a husband who wastes his time writing poems of poverty instead of working for a living?”
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Morris Lipkin Character Timeline in Bread Givers
The timeline below shows where the character Morris Lipkin appears in Bread Givers. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5
...for Fania. Father tears it open and reads a letter to Fania from her boyfriend, Morris, the poet. In it, he declares his love for her. He is not a wealthy...
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...Smolinskys’ home. By the look of his disheveled appearance and long hair, she knows he’s Morris, Fania’s poet. Morris assures Fania that they’ll talk to Father and convince him to let...
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After Moe Mirsky is gone, Fania admonishes Father for ignoring Morris. Being poor isn’t a crime, she says, and Father had no right to treat Morris...
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...wife. At first everyone thinks Fania won’t take to Abe because she’s still smitten with Morris, but she soon starts to go on dates with Abe every night, and all the...
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That same night, Sara finds Morris Lipkin’s love letters to Fania. All that night, she dreams of him—not the shaggy-haired version,...
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Chapter 12
...sad when she thinks of how life may have been if she’d ended up with Morris Lipkin.
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Chapter 16
...interfered with their ability to think. Sara immediately thinks back to her naïve infatuation with Morris Lipkin, or how Zalmon threw a dollar’s worth of change at a customer for trying...
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...him. In a rush, Sara realizes how foolish she’s been—it’s like her silly crush on Morris Lipkin all over again.
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