Monopoly's American Dream

During the Great Depression, and its preceding years of the decade, America struggled through a financial crisis. After World War I (WWI), the United States allocated large magnitudes of debts, unemployment, and suffering. Due to the poor economy, many citizens became trivial “concepts” and poverty and unemployment rates drastically erupted. In these desperate moments, the only wish and dream of a multitude of people was to separate themselves as far as possible from the level of poverty, even it be in desolation. The desire of these people was so high that Monopoly, a game in which fake fantasies became “real”, became famous solely for the purpose of making people feel good. Unfortunately, their fantasies were very realistic, if they were …show more content…
Tolerance is definitely a huge theme of the Great Depression, over 5 million people suffered through difficult times with very little to live off and very little to accomplish (opportunities). Throughout the decade, all the people who lost their job and those people who demanded their money from the government had to tolerate the repercussions of WW1. Some even began to accept their fate and situation. Similar to when a stunning 7,000,000 more people accepted three term President Roosevelt than Herbert Hoover. With Roosevelt’s theories of Social Security and New Deal Program, he was able to bring back the country to near equilibrium within 100 days! In his second campaign, he received 513 electoral votes, which clearly showed that the population had come to accept President Roosevelt and his philosophies. Additionally, on part of President Roosevelt, he showed significant amounts of courage in not only opposing strictly Republican based Congress, but against all the doubters of the nation. To take the responsibility of the nation’s current adverse situation takes large sums of courage. President Roosevelt, however, isn’t the only President to show courage in times of crisis. President Johnson (in the 1960s & a “non-colored man”) brought forth the issues of the Civil Rights and discrimination in-front of Congress. In strict opposition to the common belief, Johnson shows his bravery without considering the potential consequences. Additionally, “colored folks” were forced to …show more content…
The main concerns in the 1930s and the 1960s were tolerance and non-racism, respectively. In this day and age, learning to accept and tolerate certain situations is an important thing in society. Demonstrated multiple of times in TKAM, “‘… you got to climb in one’s skin and walk around in it.’” Additionally, going along the side of tolerance and acceptance, courage and bravery are important characteristics. With courage, President Roosevelt was able to alleviate tensions of the Great Depression and cure it. With courage, MLK was able to launch the Civil Rights movement and give non-colored folks equal rights. With courage (Anaphora!) , President Johnson was able to bring forth the Civil rights issue in front of Congress. Additionally, with courage, today we are able to sustain the most successful and powerful nations of all time. Lastly, racism is still relevant today. Even though it may not be as abundant as it was in the 1960s, people are discriminated not only by their skin color, but nowadays also by their political views, personal philosophies, stereotypes and such negative thigs. This is also why TKAM is so relevant today. It represents the racism and discrimination of black people and people like the Cunningham’s in a clear light. In addition to the clear cut message, the book was published in a special time period: during the Civil Rights movement. Also TKAM shows the perspective of a tolerating character. With tolerance becoming an increasing factor in today’s