In "The First Seven Years" by Bernard Malamud, Feld is a Polish immigrant shoemaker who wants his daughter to have a better life than his own.

To Feld, a better life means

A. the ability to read the books that she loves.

B. independence and a chance to get a good job.

C. a college education and marriage to a man of status.

D. living without the disgrace associated with common labor.

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Karen Hanna

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27 September, 18:21

In "The First Seven Years" by Bernard Malamud, Feld is a Polish immigrant shoemaker who wants his daughter to have a better life than his own.

To Feld, a better life means

A. the ability to read the books that she loves.

B. independence and a chance to get a good job.

C. a college education and marriage to a man of status.

D. living without the disgrace associated with common labor.

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Geovanni Rowe · Answer 1

In "The First Seven Years" by Bernard Malamud, Feld is a Polish immigrant shoemaker who wants his daughter to have a better life than his own. To Feld, a better life means a college education and marriage to a man of status.

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

After a brief period of being bedridden he returns to work after he begins to request Sobel to return to work. Sobel declines the offer to work with Feld, even after Feld offered him more money as return, as money was not a matter for him.

Feld continues to be puzzled to why Sobel refuses to return to work, to which he responds by asking him why he was so into dating Mariam but not interested to ask Sobel for the sake of honour and prestige. This sums up why Feld believed that a better life is a college education and marriage to a man of status.