Setting: Shtetl, New York
Characters: Jessie, Grandmother, Rabbi, Lou
Theme: To what's best for yourself, bravery
Jessie and her grandmother live in a shtetl. They are poor but happy. One day a rabbi loses his brother and gives his ticket to America to Jessie. Her and her grandmother decide that she should go. She meets a friend named Lou who gives her confidence to go to America and reassures her that everything will be alright. Jessie works at a dress shop in New York. One day, she meets up with Lou again in Central Park, and they fall in love. Finally she gains enough money to have her grandmother join her in America.
