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James Eriksson: OK. Chris the boy in the ML short story--faced adversity, the no money for school -depression years that just got worse...this combined with the love of learning and ambition to be an engineer...drove him to study and work...first when he was away at HS. ...then when somehow he couldn't afford? to go to Univ in Winnipeg...it drove him to rebel against going home to the farm(north of Wakanaka)...He cashed in his ticket and ran away to Winnipeg. James Eriksson: He tried to work to make money to go to College to succeed in his dream. He got sales jobs...so he wasn't paid money he worked on commission...only if he got someone to buy what he was selling did he make money...It was the depression and the depression got worse.
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