He walks from New York to White Haven, Pennsylvania where his relatives work for the railroad. He begins his work career in America. He eventually follows his friends and relatives to work in the steel mills. The work is hard and the hours are long for subsistence wages.
This would end up being the best thing George decided to do in his life. In George’s eyes the small town could have been considered a village, but for being a town in the small state of North Dakota it was actually quite large. The population of the town was around 5,000 people, but the town itself had many chain stores and restaurants, including McDonald’s, Family Dollar, and Subway. Some people were intimidated in a small town, but George knew better.
Even though the family was struggling to pay bills and buy food they refused to split up. Their decision is what helped them get through the Great Depression. Since the family did not split up they were able to support each other. Instead of facing all of the problems of the time separately they did it together. Along with being able to depend on each other, Mr. and Mrs. Braddock were still able to have a strong marriage.
The children made massive efforts to leave Welch and the family. They were determined to not end up like their parents. Jeanette wanted to start being accepted by people, she wanted to be like everyone else. In this following quote is shows the new values Jeanette has adopted of wanting a better life, “ I was convinced that people might be more accepting of us if we made an effort to improve the way 93 Little Hobart street looked. “ , “ I had been counting on mom and dad to get us out, but I knew I had to do it on my own.”
Many families suffered from economic hardships as well as emotional distress. Therefore the Braddock family overcame there challenges which are not having much to eat, not having money, and not having a place to live. To start with, one of the problems the Braddock family had was not having enough food to feed the whole family. For example, in
The Brown family worshiped at the First Baptist Church in Bradley and the children received their elementary and secondary education at the Bradley school. Robert remained a partner with his brother in the Brown Auto Company and supported his family, as he had supported himself when single, by selling automobiles. Tenants worked Bessie’s two farms, which brought in
Later on John got a job for a construction of homes company and was ask to relocate to Sussex New Brunswick Canada. The deWinter’s live in London Ontario for 12 years, they had 6 children born there. Then they moved to Sussex and had 3 more children and started up Prestige Homes Inc. And a few years later Amsterdam Inn & Suites “ Immigrating to Canada was the best decision I made in my whole life. I married to beautiful girl, had 9 kids and sent everyone of then to school, and University.
His father died when he was only three years old, leaving the family in economic hardship. His mother struggled to raise eight children on her own. However, despite the financial difficulties, she realized the importance
Once they moved in with his uncle, they realized that there was not enough room for both families to live. So, his mother moved the family
Having to leave one town to go help someone out on the farm was not the ideal way to live but it was what they had after Abner’s barn burning interest satisfying him but hurting the family. “This case is closed. I can’t find against you, Snopes, but I can give you/ advice. Leave this country and don’t come back to it.” (1005) so they end up leaving and finding a place as farm tenants to a man named Mr. de Spain who lets them stay in a little shack outside of the main house.
When Thomas Jr. was ready, around 1920, the operations of the Foley mill would be his and he would have to move from Berkley to southern Foley. Thomas M. lived just south of the mill towards Second Lake (Lots 8 and 9, Con. 2 Foley) initially living with the Fitzsimmons brothers, Robert and David, both labourers and with the Boyds. The Boyds would eventually farm just west of the mill and the Fitzsimmons would farm just north of Second Lake.
How do you cope with the reality of day to day life? I would like to think I handle the reality of day to day life moderately well like everyone else. However, I began to question myself once again as I read Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” This story, with its unexpected ending, had me rereading it several times to pull out key details that led me down the wrong path the first time.
The wind and rain caused mould to grow on houses, weakening the framework. The house would then fall leaving all the occupants homeless, and left in the cold to die. To the people living in Richmond at the time, “’to be poor was to be cold.” With poverty sweeping pass all the residents of Richmond like a contagious disease, most people faced the challenge of poverty. Charlie and his family are extremely poor after his father passes away leaving them with no steady source of income.
They all face discrimination and it makes a hard task, achieving their American Dream, almost impossible. Curley’s Wife, Candy, and Crooks all have an American Dream, but they never achieve it. They all want a simple life where they are treated with respect and allowed to support themselves. None of them get what they want. Curley’s wife ends up dead and Candy and Crooks end up with nowhere to go but back to the ranch and a life where they are hated and shunned.
The trip to California was inspired by some flyers that Pa Joad received one day. The Joads heard that California was in need of a larger work force, they then began dreaming of an amazing land where they prospered together as a family. But once the Joads arrived in California they realised it is not as stunning and lucrative as advertised. By the time the Joads had arrived, the job market had deplete due to the rush of migration to California, therefore Pa Joad was unable to find a lucrative job to support his family. The Joad family bounced around poverty camps, known as hoovervilles, and fought to keep food on the table.
