Walter Evan's Depiction Of Life

Often we see the struggle the men went through during the dust bowl, having to provide for themselves and their families by working in laborious conditions for very little pay. This photo instead shows the struggles of the dust bowl, from the woman’s point of view. While the men were working in the fields, this woman is shown taking care of her two children, which is her biggest responsibility. From the picture we can tell by her shabby looking coat, the dirt on the children’s faces, and her tangled hair that she obviously has very little resources to care for the children with. For the most part I think this picture was taken to show the woman’s struggle and the strength she’s had to muster to take care of these children, during this difficult time. On her finger you can also see a ring which I believe appeals to the value of family, even in these hard times. While I’m sure many women resorted to hawking their rings for a little extra cash, this woman shows that no matter how bad things are she is still holding onto the past and things that remind her and others that she is devoted to her

I don’t think that I’ve seen anyone in the city with anything but a smile on their face! But it’s a different story for anyone who hasn’t been making big bucks. Helen and the other women from our support group have told stories about families involved in the natural resources industry. I gather that it isn’t a very stable industry and many people are without jobs and earn little pay. It must be hard to see and hear about all these amazing new things we can buy, but they don’t have the money to buy them. And many people in big cities turn a blind eye to those who are struggling. They only like to see the amazing parts of the 1920s even though there are still lots of problems with our modern

To give some context to the story, what is currently happening is the Dad and mom have no real stable way of living income wise which has left them with dirty clothes, no food, and depression. How this theme was introduced here was on page 69 in this quote: “...her face was swollen red ‘It’s not my fault if you’re hungry’ she shouted. ‘Do you think I like living like this? Do you?’”. This has shown how the family is paying for the choices that the parents have made and this continues on in the rest of the story with the family still struggling to live free without any from of constraint. The event results in a vicious cycle of depression as demonstrated in Welch when they had to move because of low income and the kids had to go through neglect or abuse from the mother of Rex and when they moved into a broken down house with no heating to try and fend for themselves for winter. This was due to the parents refusal of jobs and wanting easy money, and judging by the context where the mom’s eyes are “swollen and red” she is crying.

In the book one of the most noted families known for being hit during the Depression were the Cunninghams. The first sign of struggles

On a hot July day in 1965, Gertrude Baniszewski was living on the edge. A once beautiful woman, she was worn out from parenthood and poverty. With practically no income, she had to raise seven children by ironing and

Jonathan Edwards sermon reveals imagery to terrify the sinners. The sermon states, "...loathsome insects." Jonathan Edwards is indicating that in the eyes of God, God looks at his people with disgust and hatred. When stating an insect, it is referring to people, how God is more disgusted by people's actions than an insect. Imagery persuades his audience by revealing a scary image rathe than angry.

‘..Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world they got no family they don’t belong no place.’ This is what many felt during the ‘great depression’ in the 1930’s. John Steinbeck gives us the sense that many felt lonely ‘they got no family they don’t belong no place. The main theme of this novel is alienation; the three characters, Curley’s wife, candy, and crooks are all alienated, and felt it by another person at some point. They all have dreams... it’s the American dream... but not all dreams come true...

One specific example of true representation is the scenes at the docks where men line up at the fences begging to be chosen to work for one day’s salary. Another scene that accurately shows the Depression Era is the scene of the families in the huge lines for relief money. The lines stretched out the door and down the street and the charities and relief centers would often run out of money before everyone was helped. The viewer feels Braddock’s embarrassment as he waits in line to borrow money from the relief center, and then has to visit

Beginning in the year 1929, America began its plummeting descent into one the worst economic times in the history of our country. By the early 1930’s, up to fifteen million working Americans had been laid off work. Throughout homes all across the nation, dismayed workers had to tell their loved ones in humiliating defeat that they no longer had the means to provide for their families. The raw emotions shown directly in Walker Evans’s depiction of life and people are powerlessness, pridefulness, as well as hopefulness. An example of powerlessness is the lack of shoes shown in the picture.

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.

It seems as though Steinbeck takes almost a poetic approach in his use of imagery throughout the novel. The words flow together very nicely and almost lyrically. Steinbeck sets up each image in a way that allows the readers to associate and relate with the story or characters. Just as Sinclair does, Steinbeck gives readers a firsthand look at the trials and tribulations experienced during the era of the Great Depression. Readers can step into the story or the world of the characters so to speak.

Obviously the author has lived through the depression and was black because one could not write something so accurate in accordance to that time period and have one feel the deep emotional impact of her writings without experiencing it personally.  In the first sentence she writes “…all I seem to remember is dust—the brown, crumbly dust of late summer—arid, sterile dust that gets in to the eyes and makes them water, gets into the throat and between the toes of the bare brown feet.”  In this phrase the words give a harsh, cruel feeling of how the depression was, which could then explain how she remembers the depression and that it was a hard time for her.  Most likely it was a significantly hopeless moment in her life.  In the next paragraph she writes “When the memory of those marigolds flashes across my mind, a strange nostalgia comes with it and remains long after the picture has faded.”  Knowing the marigolds symbolize hope the word “nostalgia” gives a feeling of longing, since the denotative meaning is yearning.  When stating the marigolds give a “strange nostalgia” the author could be thinking how she, sometime in her life, longed to have hope.  She needed to have something to look forward to or just something to look at to give her hope.  Later, towards the end of the story she explains “…Innocence involves an unseeing acceptance of things at face value, an ignorance of the area below the surface.”  The words she uses give a sense of wisdom

The photograph “Road on the Great Plains” by Dorothea Lange shows, people have to travel a long and difficult road to get to greatness. Thus to start with, the photograph shows a dirt road in the lonely country. There is a lonely road with a house in the far distance to show us that people at this time had no privileges and had to sell there farms to live and feed their families. Right next to the road there is a lonely country side and that it looks like no one had been there in a long time because of the dry grass and how there is some sand everywhere. On the road there are tracks of cars going places as when this picture was taken it was during the great depression was most people didn’t have cars to travel only the people that had money

Walker Evan’s depiction of life and the people during the Depression of the 1930’s is startling, depressed and astonishing. A startling example of the picture is how the little boy is not fulling clothed which shows that it was acceptable to be dressed like that as an adolescent. It wasn’t frowned upon back in the 30’s. The people were startled by just looking at the picture. For Instance, the person wearing a long white dress seems like she is depressed looking downwards to the ground. The author was most likely trying to indict she is abandoned. It is very astonishing seeing a, which looks like a family depressed. If the people were, for example, living in our generation then they would be dressed extremely different. Suppose that they

Loneliness makes individuals troubled and can leave voids; depression can drive individuals to numerous psychological issues. hose voids with numerous unfortunate kinships, connections, and propensities. The book ¨Of Mice and Men¨ gives a look at how it carrying on with the farm life in the 1930 's could get amazingly forlorn. People attempted to discover approaches to get away from their depression amid that time by creating companionships and connections; even unfortunate ones. There were three fundamental characters that show confirmation of this. Every one of the three characters indicate how loneliness can drive you to second thoughts, dreams, sacrifice, He utilizes names and words, for example, the town close to the farm called "Soledad", which shows depression and the card diversion "Solitaire" Which implies by oneself. He makes it clear that every one of the men on the farm are desolate, with specific individuals lonelier than others. In the opening part, Steinbeck presents the possibility of depression and men who chip away at farms living transitory lives, with no point in life. Steinbeck utilizes the setting to pass on these thoughts. As they were strolling along the way, it is depicted as " a way thumped by hard young men originating from the farms to swim in the profound pool, and beaten hard by tramps who come tediously down from the interstate at night to wilderness up close water" (p.18) This makes a setting and shows how men who chip away at the farm have