Plot

The story takes place amongst the city of New York, with a specific family of Russian and Jewish descent. A shoemaker, by the name of Fled, barely makes a living as his physical state burdens his heart and at the very same time, he desires his very own daughter, Miraime, to get a field in education. Though she reads, her interest in education itself is not that dominate. This saddens Feld, but one day, when he meets a book-worm named Max, his hopes rise up in the sun-shine. Despite the cold and snowy weather, Max visits the shoemaker at his shop everyday, always passing by from school. Fled introduces him to his daughter Miraime through a verbal conversation, and sets up a time to meet her straight up in contact. By this time, there is a man named Sobel, who onced worked for Fled. He was a poor and almost hopeless immigrant from Poland that Fled hired, despite his lack of experience. The pay for him was low, and he had to be taught how to be a shoemaker. Despite all that, he stayed for one reason only that Fled did not discover until Sobel finally left him by himself under strainous work. The first time Max and Miraime meet, the relation-ship seems to go well. The second time, things just drop dead as Miraime describes Max "boring." Fled's hope is crushed, and when he originally lost Sobel in place of a new worker, he got cheated out of his money. At this case, he had a mild heart-attack and was in bed for three weeks. Finally having enough of the stress, losing Max, Sobel, and now hope with his daughter, Fled went to talk to his old but dedicated worker. Sobel, who was around the age of 37 at the time, lived in a small apartment. Fled visited him, despite their conflict that got him kicked out of the shoemaking business, in order to get him back. This is where his whole significiance takes place. In short time, Fled discovered that the reason Sobel remained loyal is because he liked Fled's daughter. Though this brought him into a fit, due to the fact his daughter was only 19, Fled accepted the fact that this was why he was along him this whole time. Though it seems like things are about to go wrong, Fled reconsiders the situation. He tells Sobel to wait 2 more years before thinking of proposal. Later that day, Sobel is back with Fled at the shop, bring the old father back into his spirits.