How Has America Changed In The Letter From Rifka

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In the book “Letter From Rifka” Rifka changed throughout the book. This choice and challenge will discuss how Rifka changed from when her family left their home in Berdichev to America.
One of the ways that Rifka changed is that she became braver throughout the story. Another way she changed is that the more challenges she faced to get to America and the longer she waited, the more and more she wanted to enter America. In the beginning of their journey to America she just wanted to go back to Russia, but as the story progressed, she wanted to get to America more than anything. Another way she changed is that she got better at handling money. For example when they were in Warsaw, she used all the money that her family gave her for one single