Bear Grylls once said, “Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That 's the heart of it really. Just keep trying,” (Grylls). What Grylls is portraying is that trying to make a better life for oneself is not going to be easy. One has to always try to make it better, but that means one cannot give up when something goes wrong. Perseverance is a characteristic that everyone has inside of himself or herself, but it depends on whether it is used or not. In Hallie Flanagan, Ellen Clifford, and Whittaker Chambers’ play, Can You Hear Their Voices? one can see the real problems and the difficulties a group of people were going during the Dust Bowl. In the Great Depression, many Americans lost hope that the economy and that their life
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The Great Depression became worse in 1931-1932. About five thousand banks became weak causing them to shut down because of the amount of people who were unable to pay their loans. This led to nine million dollars of personal savings lost (Sivulka 164). Americans probably felt very helpless and abandoned by the government. Due to the fact that people usually trust banks because they are a reliable enterprise. However, in this situation it was the complete opposite because the banks had no control as a result of, “unpaid loans and ill- fated stock speculation,” (Sivulka 164). Also agricultural prices started to take a hit because they did not have enough money to buy materials and could not afford to pay for their land that led the bank to repossess thousands of farms (Sivulka 164). What made the situation worse was when a severe drought hit the Midwestern and Southern Plains, and then the black blizzard began. This is known as the Dust Bowl, where the dust from the unplowed lands began to blow (Douglas …show more content…
The experts believed that this was his first advertisement he made. The message he wanted to portray through this poster was to lessen the hardships of the American agricultural community (Shahn). What this poster portrays is the emotional distress of them wondering how they would get money to support their farm and their family. This play relates to the, “Years of Dust,” propaganda because it shows the helplessness the farmers are dealing with. It also shows that the government is not doing anything to help or support them at all. That is why the face of the farmer shows a great deal of sadness because they have no idea how to resolve their financial issues. This play is effective because it showed that not only the people who were affected in the stock market had it hard, but also them as well. It makes one realize that they would even break the law in order to help their family. It takes real courage and strength to realize it, and then even more so to go through with
The Great Depression became worse in 1931-1932. About five thousand banks became weak causing them to shut down because of the amount of people who were unable to pay their loans. This led to nine million dollars of personal savings lost (Sivulka 164). Americans probably felt very helpless and abandoned by the government. Due to the fact that people usually trust banks because they are a reliable enterprise. However, in this situation it was the complete opposite because the banks had no control as a result of, “unpaid loans and ill- fated stock speculation,” (Sivulka 164). Also agricultural prices started to take a hit because they did not have enough money to buy materials and could not afford to pay for their land that led the bank to repossess thousands of farms (Sivulka 164). What made the situation worse was when a severe drought hit the Midwestern and Southern Plains, and then the black blizzard began. This is known as the Dust Bowl, where the dust from the unplowed lands began to blow (Douglas …show more content…
The experts believed that this was his first advertisement he made. The message he wanted to portray through this poster was to lessen the hardships of the American agricultural community (Shahn). What this poster portrays is the emotional distress of them wondering how they would get money to support their farm and their family. This play relates to the, “Years of Dust,” propaganda because it shows the helplessness the farmers are dealing with. It also shows that the government is not doing anything to help or support them at all. That is why the face of the farmer shows a great deal of sadness because they have no idea how to resolve their financial issues. This play is effective because it showed that not only the people who were affected in the stock market had it hard, but also them as well. It makes one realize that they would even break the law in order to help their family. It takes real courage and strength to realize it, and then even more so to go through with