People During The Great Depression Essay
Patrick crane
Lewis 5
People during The Great Depression Seven million people died during The Great Depression due to starvation. Many of those that did survive did so due to the goodwill of others. If they didn”t find the support of others, they often died or experienced very unpleasant lifestyles. The unemployment rate was 24 percent and many people didn’t have a lot of money which meant they could not afford to feed their families, so their kids often left home to find work. Because of the likelihood of being homeless many of the children went to the south where it was warm. Many of the young children ended up dying or getting injured in the process, for example children would often hop trains for transportation and it was …show more content…
She also gave them socks and potatoes along with oatmeal after letting them sleep over for one day. Usually the kindness extended to one night of lodging and one meal. However Josh was housed by Lonnie for an extended time or else he would have died from an aggressive strain of the flu. Another act of kindness was when Joey got a full loaf of bread from a stranger. And another when Josh and Joey got a job from Ms. Arthur which helped at home. Still another was when Lonnie drove the two boys to a circus to get a job and help them work for $20. Which later helped them buy food, medicine and shoes. People’s good side was shown during The Great Depression, but people's bad side did too. During The Great Depression food and money was hard to come by so people looked out for themselves before others. An example of this is when Joey and Josh were robbed of their 13 potatoes and extra blankets and sweaters. Also they fell to the bad and often morbid side of a gang. And when they had been turned away from people’s doorstep or from soup kitchens and told “this line is for working men not boys.” A final example was when the clerk at the shoe store pretended the $20 bill the boys presented was counterfeit, and cheated them out of most of the $20 by giving them $2 shoes in exchange for the “counterfeit” bill.
Overall, while there were some expected immoral
Lewis 5
People during The Great Depression Seven million people died during The Great Depression due to starvation. Many of those that did survive did so due to the goodwill of others. If they didn”t find the support of others, they often died or experienced very unpleasant lifestyles. The unemployment rate was 24 percent and many people didn’t have a lot of money which meant they could not afford to feed their families, so their kids often left home to find work. Because of the likelihood of being homeless many of the children went to the south where it was warm. Many of the young children ended up dying or getting injured in the process, for example children would often hop trains for transportation and it was …show more content…
She also gave them socks and potatoes along with oatmeal after letting them sleep over for one day. Usually the kindness extended to one night of lodging and one meal. However Josh was housed by Lonnie for an extended time or else he would have died from an aggressive strain of the flu. Another act of kindness was when Joey got a full loaf of bread from a stranger. And another when Josh and Joey got a job from Ms. Arthur which helped at home. Still another was when Lonnie drove the two boys to a circus to get a job and help them work for $20. Which later helped them buy food, medicine and shoes. People’s good side was shown during The Great Depression, but people's bad side did too. During The Great Depression food and money was hard to come by so people looked out for themselves before others. An example of this is when Joey and Josh were robbed of their 13 potatoes and extra blankets and sweaters. Also they fell to the bad and often morbid side of a gang. And when they had been turned away from people’s doorstep or from soup kitchens and told “this line is for working men not boys.” A final example was when the clerk at the shoe store pretended the $20 bill the boys presented was counterfeit, and cheated them out of most of the $20 by giving them $2 shoes in exchange for the “counterfeit” bill.
Overall, while there were some expected immoral