Joe Rantz And The Great Depression

The aspect of the Great Depression that struck me the most deeply was the expression of lost hope. Millions of Americans had their life savings misplaced by thousands of banks across the country. A third of the working American class left unemployed. Great Depression, people sought ways to provide food on the table for their families. Through the Hoover towns in Seattle, people sold fruit to at least attempt to make a living for themselves. Common events that took place included theft, prostitution, as well as cases of suicide.Throughout this story, Joe Rantz has gone through more tragedies in a short time-span than those in their whole lives. Joe lost his mother at a young age, because of this his father Harry fled to Canada leaving Joe behind. Not …show more content…
There may be a chance of a brighter future, but currently the main ambition is to weather out the storm. The Great Depression took a major toll on US moral as well as standard living conditions. Despite this there are claims of the stock market slowly climbing back up despite major fall-offs in other areas. In comparison to the 1930s the average US citizen is in a much secure state. If the average citizen were to go unemployed they would be able to filter off of unemployment insurance. If they're still unsuccessful at finding work they could still live off welfare. Yet to differentiate past and present in the 1930s, if you were to become unemployed there would be a pursuit for an alternate occupation just so you provide for yourself, more importantly your family. "And perhaps that was the worst of it. Whether you were a banker or a baker, a homemaker or homeless, it was with you night and day—a terrible, unrelenting uncertainty about the future, a feeling that the ground could drop out from under you for good at any moment"(Brown 9). In the meantime the