summary "Utzel and his daughter, Proverty" written by Isaac Bashevis Singer

Utzel is the story of a man who is extremely lazy and does not work. He always lies down on his broken-down cot and says, "Other people are lucky. They have money without working. I am cursed". His wife died for poverty and his irresponsibility. He does not have any sense of responsibility. Whenever anyone wanted to give him a job to do, his answer was always the same: "Not today". He has a daughter named Poverty, she is tall, broad, and heavy. Her feet are the size of a man's and puffy with fat. The villagers maintain that the lazier Utzel gets, the more Poverty grows. Utzel constantly reproaches...


