what functions do vladrek storiesof pesachs soap cake and pesachs plan to get rif=d of the guests he did not have deserts to serve in the narrative

Pesach was a rather selfish man, and the narrative regarding the soap cake and lack of food reiterates this fact. He used the situation of his own people in the ghetto as a money making scheme, making them sick on top of all else. he is not seen to be a sympathetic charactet.