Summary Of The 1930s By Walker Evan

Badger, Anthony J. .The New Deal: The Depression Years, 1933- 1940. 1989. Reprint. Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2002. Print.

“The great war proved how confused the world is, the depression is proving it again.” When reading John Updike’s short story “Son” (2) pg.1070 I can see the affects the great depression had on his family. When reading through it I found out the affects it had on his parent’s confidence. An example of how his father were affected is “His father’s old sorrow bore him down into depression, into a hatred of life.” (2) pg. 1072 As a result of his father not enjoying life his health began to decline as if on que. John held a job as a paper boy at a very young age in order to help provide for his family during the hard times. In Johns past, he was surrounded by the gloom of his father and it has shaped his style of writing into

dystopian world in his novel. During the 1930’s, life wasn’t so pleasant in Europe. Depression

It consists of an array of artworks, pictures, and photographs along with verbal description of the various conditions of the working class during the great depression starting from the events which led to various riots and violent acts by the working class and a clash between the capitalist class, government, and the working class (M. Elizabeth Boone, 2006). It depicts the California Labor School’s establishment; workers’ disenfranchisement from the service economy; movement of farm workers; and the demographics of the workers changing. The photographs depicted are of Tina Modotti, Otto Hagel, Dorothea Lange, and Emmanuel Joseph while paintings are of Hung Liu and Diego Rivera. The book consists of five chapters taking the audience through the journey of the working class during the great depression (M. Elizabeth Boone,

The document begins with a recount of how life was during the Great Depression by Morey Skaret. By the time he began high school, the whole town was well into the Great Depression. (America Firsthand 187) He graduated with his diploma and later became a bum to help relieve the load on the home place. (America Firsthand 187) Morey and his good friend, Charlie Shellfisher, left Seattle in the spring and returned before the winter. Charlie and Morey usually rode freight trains and when a gondola car was empty of grain or coal, they would get shelter from the wind inside. If they couldn’t get inside a freight car, they would then catch a passenger train and “ride the blinds”. (America Firsthand 187) On one occasion they had been scrambling out from under a car to face a railway ss23security officer in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He promptly had asked them how much money they had on them and when they answered that they did not have any he took them under arrest. They later had figured out that when someone in town needed workers, the railway security officers would provide the. They spent four days carrying books from one side of the street to the other. They spent three nights in jail, where their meals would arrive in a bucket. (America Firsthand 188) They then skipped to the next town over where Charlie became sick. Morey had left him inside a box filled with newspaper to try and keep him warm while he went to look for work. He ended up cleaning the trashcans of a baker who in return

McElvaine book reveals a collection of letters of the forgotten men, women, and children who suffered through the Great Depression. McElvaine puts the reader in direct contact with Depression victims, showing a feeling of what it was like to live through this dilemma. The writers of the letters came from different kinds of people:middle-class people, blacks, rural residents, the elderly, and children. By looking at the Great Depression from the perspectives of its victims of diverse backgrounds and McElvaine gives the reader a better understanding of their struggles on a more personal level.

The 1920's had many influential writers in literature. While reaching this time period it is almost certain that the names William Faulkner, Earnest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald will be found. Each of the writers has their own personal style of writing and each one of the lives has influenced what they write about to even the way they each portray their literature.

During the Great Depression, migrant farmers sought out work to stay alive. When they finally found a job to sustain them, workers were mistreated, starved, paid poor wages, and, worst of all, robbed of necessary human companionship. John Steinbeck captures the hopelessness of Depression-era farm life in his novella Of Mice and Men. Throughout the novella, most characters have a disability crippling them and pushing them away from other workers on the farm. Their disabilities are a physical embodiment of their isolation. Steinbeck uses his disabled characters to illustrate the depth of their loneliness, as well as to exemplify different types of loneliness.

Walker Evans, a well respected photographer, has taken many photos that prick the mind of those who observe. One of his best works is one that has no name or words to it, but is still able to tell a story. This picture of some doorsteps, to what looks like a factory, accurately illustrates the economic situation during the Great Depression. The man sitting down to the left is reading a newspaper and looking down in almost complete hopelessness as he seems to be searching for possible jobs in the paper. Judging on his appearance alone, one would suspect this man lives well, however this is not the case. Facial expression and hand gestures indicate he has put in all work and nothing to show and nothing to provide for his family. The building

Walker Evans depiction of life and the people the depiction of the 1930s is depressing, hopeful, and honest. A excellent example of depressing is in the picture with the three men waiting for the copper and brass factory to open. For instance in the picture there is a sign that says re-opening September 12th which means the factory was shut down or waiting for the demand of copper and brass. Also in the picture there is a man who is reading a newspaper but as he is reading the paper he has his arm rested on his lap and his head rested in his hand with a gloomy expression on his face like he got laid off and is now waiting for the factory to reopen. Also there is a man who is laying on the ground sleeping on a sheet and the man on the right

The recession caused by great depression which lasted for a decade between 1929 to 1939 had devastating economic consequences in not only America but around the world.Newyork stock exchange, as well as 11000 out of 25000 banks in America, collapsed.Industrial

Echoing the economic difficulties that face the country at large, Ernest Marsh, writing in Walker’s Monthly December 1931, writes of the satisfaction collectors will feel when making a purchase of a Vyse figure or stoneware at the Walkers Galleries’ exhibition.

“To be nostalgic is to be sentimental. To be interested in what you see that is passing out of history, even if it’s a trolley car you’ve found, that’s not an act of nostalgia,” says Walker Evans.1 Throughout his photographic career Walker Evans was just that, interested in the history that he lived through. As an FSA photographer, Evans mission was to “introduce America to America” and showcase “the reality of its own time and place in history” says Stryker, the leader of the FSA movement.2 Evans produced images that revealed Americas’ despair in the depression, but also the hope for the future. In the photograph “Alabama Cotton Tenant Farmer Family”, Evans portrays an American farming family during the Great Depression.

The Great Depression is well-known as a time period when American's lives were challenged and changed for the worst. During the 1930s, the downturn of the economy caused many people to lose their jobs and lack a steady income. Without a job, families either lost their homes or were forced off of them. This provoked families to roam the country in hopes of coming across a paying job; However, no matter where families explored to, finding a job was difficult, and sometimes impossible. Without a job, it was strenuous to find a place to stay and have food to live off of. The inability to find work and properly take care of one's family, oftentimes caused people to lose hope. In Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath the Joad family was greatly affected by the Great Depression. The events within the novel are evoked to the time period the book was set in. By including events that were influenced by the time period, John is

Directions: Read the passage below. Then answer questions about errors in the passage. Students and townspeople freshly flocked to hear returning professor, Dr. Willis Willis, a benevolent and compacionate give a speech. Dr. advocate for the poor, spoke Sunday to the congregation at the First Avenue Church. He was expected to be greeted by a full house at the Exeter Theater Monday evening. The youthful professor at age 92 exhorts his listeners to show empathy for citizens mired in poverty and joblessness. Haunted by personal memories of the Great Depression, he abjures opulence and 6) urges frugal behavior. He encourages 7) engaging in heavy food and drink, and attributes his own 8) decrepitude