Ayn Rand's Pantoum Of The Great Depression

Living In The 1930 The 1930s was a difficult time for Americans for many reasons. It was the time of the Great Depression where many people couldn’t afford to pay others for labor. This resulted in a huge decline of jobs. Many schools couldn’t afford to stay open so most kids missed out on an education. A lot of kids dropped out of school so they could stay home and help out their family or so they could find jobs to help provide for their family. Times were even worse for African Americans. Many white people wouldn’t hire them just because of their skin color. On top of that scare tactics were being used against them. Black people were constantly being threatened, beaten up, and lynched. The poem “Pantoum of the Great Depression”, the book excerpt from “The Help”, and the photograph show how tough times were for both whites and blacks. …show more content…
People rarely talked to other people about their problems, they kept their emotions bottled up inside. “And if we suffered we kept quiet about it.” (Justice, 16). People felt like they had to keep their troubles to themselves because everyone suffered during the 30s so they thought it was inappropriate to share their problems when everyone else had problems of their own. The Great Depression greatly impacted people’s lives. “The Great Depression had entered our souls like fog.” (31). The Great Depression was like a fog hanging over people’s lives because it clouded their vision with sorrow. Hope was nonexistent during the great