3. In this movie Tevye a poor
farmer laments his place in
the community as a lowly
milkman and considers the
esteem and importance that
wealth would bring him.
4. He is devoted to God of
course but he expresses
his sorrow that the long
working hours prevent
him from spending as
much time as he would
like on praying.
5. And finally he asks
God if “ he would
spoil a vast eternal
plan” if he was
wealthy.
6. At the beginning of the twentieth century Jews
and Orthodox Christians live in a little village in
Russia of the Czars. Among the traditions of the
Jewish community, the matchmaker arranges
the match and the father approves it. The
milkman Reb Tevye is a poor man that has been
married for twenty five years with Golden and
they have five daughters. When the local
matchmaker Yente arranges the match between
his older daughter Tzeitel and the old butcher
Lazar Wolf, Tevye agrees with the wedding.
7. We see that when people don't
have enough money to survive
they accept to sucrifise their
dreams about life.
