Bud Bowl

Dust Bowl of the 1930 's is one of the most shameful eras of American history, but has shown how much the US has evolved since then. The Joad family is just one story of a thousand migrate families in search of work, land, and food. The Joad family headed form east to west and encountered many dilemmas such as shortage of gas, food, and having to suffer family death, cruel people, and receiving poor wages. Although society as a whole were going through a rough time with the ongoing dust bowl and…

journey to California in search of jobs. The Joads family is affected by atmospheric condition and the dust bowl. Some of the challenges the family faces because of this are drought, death, and job loss. First of all, atmospheric conditions and the dust bowl caused death. The dust bowl was caused because of the farmers over cropping it had no mercy for anyone that was caught in it. The dust bowl caused death because there was so much dirt in the air that it suffocated people. In the book, the…

stadium yelling, “You suck, Romo!” at the distant field.His wife rolls her eyes, knowing that her faith in Romo will never die, no matter how many interceptions he throws. Their son, who has just dedicated the season to the Broncos because they are Super Bowl Defending champs, scowls at his obviously crazy father. Another manic Sunday at Cowboy Stadium. There are three different kinds of fans who enjoy American football: the crazed football fans, the bandwagon fans, and the diehard fans. Crazed…

years. A competition of soccer game between nations around the world. The goal is to be known as the player but also to bring this pride to the nation. Also, there is the NFL Super Bowl every year in the US. I remember seeing how exciting my school teacher was couple days before the Super Bowl started. The Super Bowl is a competition of American football game on a national level. It is an event that many people in the US are excited about. However, if in a soccer game or football game, players…

The 1930s was a time of important yet tragic events in the history of the United States. The Dust Bowl had eroded and destroyed much of the land in southern plains. The land was so arid that many people couldn't make a living from farming in the area anymore. This forced people in the area to migrate to find work to feed their families. Many of these migrant workers moved to the state of California, having hope that one day they could rebuild their old lives. John Steinbeck, the author of “Of…

Loneliness is a haunting feeling. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie work on a ranch to make money in order to accomplish their dream of buying their own land. On the ranch they encounter people going through their own struggles. They include Candy and Crooks into their dream after meeting them. There is a recurring theme of loneliness in the book. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck loneliness affected most of the characters presenting itself in different ways. Curley’s…

A common question answered by literature throughout history has been of the basic goodness or immorality of humanity. John Steinbeck demonstrates the cruelness of humankind in his novella, Of Mice and Men, through the story of two migrant farmers, George and Lennie, who travel with one another looking for work in an apathetic world. Throughout their travels, they come across many people who all share the common feeling of loneliness that was prevalent in 1930s America. Their experiences on a…

“The Chrysanthemums”, a short story by John Steinbeck depicts the typical life of people living in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Steinbeck focuses on Henry Allen and his wife Elisa Allen, who live on a small ranch in The Salinas Valley, California. It starts with Elisa doing what she loves to do, work on her flower garden, although she wishes Henry would care more about her talent of gardening. Even though Henry did end up complimenting her flowers she was not satisfied because she knew it was…

has ever been through occurred, the “Dust Bowl.” This disaster turned most of the fields into dust and led many Americans to a life of poverty. Dorothea Lange took many photographs of the devastation for the federal government’s Farm Security Administration (FSA). Most people recognize Lange’s photo the “Migrant Mother,” but few know that this photo is in a sequence of photographs. Lange took 6 pictures of one family that was strugling during the “Dust Bowl.” These pictures are known as “The…

role in the novel, is the star of highschools football team, immensly tall and very muscular. A person that you never would think of being gay. Finally I want to turn to the emotional side of the charachters and the message of friendship that is fused in the story. You can see this for example on directly on the first and second page where it‘s written that the straight Will Grayson protects his gay friend Tiny Cooper. Even though they have some have some hardships they still like eacht other…