Dust Bowl

When the Civil War was over Americans went west. Whites, Blacks, Asians, Hispanics and Mormons moved out west for cheap land and religious freedom. The Americans formed a new America. These areas that were settled were like colonies. They had their own ideas, laws and currency. Before the Civil War the whites made their homes in the Great Plains (also known as the Great American Desert). The Great Plains were usually very hot in the summer and icy cold in the winter. This weather made it hard…

Form, structure, and plot: The Grapes of Wrath story structure split into two parts; One part is focused on a migrating family called the Joads and the other part was focused on a broader view of what was happening during that time period. The impact of structure is allowing the reader to have a better understanding of the hardships that the main characters went through. The even chapters in this book are from a view on the Joad family. This quote is within chapter 4: "Oh, I heard. Ma sent me a…

The great depression struck and damaged the lives of many, and in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, two characters have experienced just that. These characters go by the names of Lennie Small and George Milton; they seek refuge from the situation that had gone on in their original town of Weed. They obtain a job on a ranch and seek to gain a stake as hefty enough to purchase land to start their dream of forming a ranch to work and live on. But Lennie's strength and unpredictable…

The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a post apocalyptic story about a father and son’s journey to the south. It is set in mid 20th century America. The desolate land is covered by a thick layer of ashy clouds, causing the temperature to drop. At the start, we find the Father and Son sleeping in a wooded area. They begin their journey on the ash covered road. The pair walks with their cart and sacks for miles upon miles. Stopping only for short nights of sleep or to scavenge for food. Their goal is…

To Kill a Mockingbird Essay To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee is a novel taking place in the 1930’s. During this time period, the great depression was also taking its impact on people of all classes. This has caused a difference in the fashion choices that were made before and after the great depression. Different classes of people wore very diverse clothing in comparison to one another. The fashion choices from the 1930’s to the 20th century are very different. One reason why there…

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck shows the failure of a Market structure pertaining to pure competition. This market structure is when you have a market of firms that sell similar products or services that has a set market price at which people are willing to pay. In the first part of this book, we find that the wheat farmers are in a pure competition, and because of that they move to Oklahoma to try and make more money which fails when they try to strip the land and in the process cause…

Most knew him by the name of John Steinbeck, successful writer. Although his full name was Christened John Ernst Steinbeck III. He was not like most of us to begin with. Born in the master bedroom of his parent’s home on the afternoon of February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California. His parents were actually very disappointed in their third child being that they had already had two girls before Steinbeck III. They disliked his features. Although, they were told he’d become a businessman with the…

Dorothea Lange: Daughter of migrant Tennessee coal miner. Living in American River camp near Sacramento, California, 1936. Spirn contends that "Lange's photos and her field notes gave the crude material to another kind of government report: papers containing photos with transcribed inscriptions, numerous with citations from the general population she captured." The reports included an intense impact inside SERA and in the end at the national level, as well. Rexford Tugwell, chief of the…

Throughout life, dreams that people have always strived for seem just out of reach. In John Steinback's Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are two migrant workers staying at a ranch, with an assortment of other laborers, hoping to earn some cash desiring to obtain the life of their imaginations. Through the ups and downs of the past, Steinback's novel shows how Lennie's farm, Candy's hope to live out the rest of his life and Curley's wife's fantasies of being in the pictures were out of their…

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a fictional novel based during the Great Depression. The story is about George and Lennie, two men who have a dream of one day owning a Ranch to live on. To achieve their dream the men must find work in the western half of the U.S. After finding work on a ranch, Lennie makes many mistakes throughout the book because of his mental disability. As Lennie’s caretaker and friend, George makes sure Lennie accomplishes their dream. Throughout the novel, George’s…