Adaline Bloom Interview Essay

I really enjoyed the interview of Adaline Bloom. Her father came to the United States in order to escape the Russian army draft. Adaline talks about the effects of the Great Depression and World War II on her family. For example, she speaks about gas rationing for her family’s car. In an attempt to save gas for the United States military, limited supplies of gas were sold to the public. Therefore, Adaline’s family did not use the car for almost two years. It was difficult to find steady work during the Great Depression and World War II in which Adaline’s mother constantly changed jobs due to closings and little pay. Even Adeline’s jobs did not pay well and did not pay for overtime. I really enjoyed the discussion of Adaline’s job as a professional film librarian at the Office of War Information where she analyzed foreign propaganda films. This conveys that many of the jobs during this time were related to World War II. …show more content…
Bartholomew’s family struggled in finding work during the Great Depression and World War II. Anne’s brothers served in World War II, one of them seeing the atrocities of Auschwitz death camp. Anne Bartholomew worked as a blackout warden during World War II in which she was in charge of making sure people had their blackout shades drawn. This was done before American bombers would leave from McGuire and fly over. Anne basically made sure that the people who she was in charge of were safe and blacked out in case of a German invasion. Just like Adaline Bloom, Anne’s job consisted of helping the war efforts in the United States. Another similarity is that both women moved from job to job as steady work was hard to come by. Due to World War II, Anne was rationed a small amount of sugar per month and meat was not in abundance. This all had to do with giving most of the rationed supplies to the military personnel. An economic theme that was persistent was unsteady work and rationed