It is during this time, in the fictional town of Maycomb in southern Alabama, that the novel is set. The Great Depression brought distress to many people throughout America. It was with the Wall Street Crash in October 1929 that suddenly ended the strong American economy, and the Great Depression began. The crash led to many companies and banks closing, and industries suffering as no one wanted to spend any money. Many were left unemployed and had to take to the road to find work.
Depression affected everyone this is because many people were unemployed and had to travel and migrate to look for work. The book explores people's unrealistic dreams, their desperate needs for work and money, not belonging and being an outsider and the terrible loneliness the depression left
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.” This quote was said by Mother Theresa and it depicts the life of Curley’s wife. This book was written during the Great Depression. The Great Depression was a time that everybody was poor. Not just the United States, but the entire world was in poverty. Curley’s wife was living through this time, but she had the worst poverty of all… loneliness.
Crop prices fell by over fifty %. People went hungry because so much food was produced that production became unprofitable. Others were unemployed because they had produced more than could be sold. Huge numbers of Americans had their lives upset by the Depression. Tens of thousands of migrant farm workers travelled the nation looking for employment.
Hard Times shadowed across the globe as the stock market dropped rapidly. During the term of presidency of Herbert Hoover in 1929, the United States became a jobless nation and left many people homeless, penniless. The economy’s confidence was lowered as numerous banks failed. Since Americans were unable to look for support amongst each other, the government and charity were the only industries they could depend on for providing food. Amidst of such a high suicidal rate the United States grew in need of a new leader that would take higher precautions on how the country should be ran in order to enable them to rise out of the Depression.
Modern American Society These days it is tough to be an American. Everyone is losing their jobs, money, and homes. America is in the worst shape it has ever been since the Great Depression. Franchises across the country are making massive downgrade within their businesses. Employees are losing their; 401(k) accounts, pension plans, and their social security benefits.
Poverty and Food Insecurity and Hunger Profile of Liberia November 14, 2005 I. Introduction After many years of civil war, the Liberian society has been left with all of its institutions in disarray; basic social services (education, health, electricity, water and sanitation, etc) are hardly available, there is massive displacement of the population and a good number of the population is still in refugee camps. The real sector of the economy is paralyzed. Moreover, the mis-management of its financial and natural resources by public officials burden the country. These and many other problems have led to the country’s poor economic growth performance, paralyzed manufacturing sector, high rates of inflation, massive displacement of the population, and high unemployment rate, which have culminated into extreme poverty and food insecurity and hunger amongst the population.
This novel was set during the Great Depression in which the country suffered a great economical down fall. During that time people lost their jobs and became poor. Also at that time it was a man dominated society. Therefore it was very harsh and difficult for the American male workers as they had to travel long distances to find suitable jobs. Also the American dream was a big belief each American had during the time.
Short term causes included the embarrassing defeated faced by Russia in the Russo-Japanese war. This loss to a ‘second rate power’ not only undermined the Tsars power, but also resulted in already poor conditions in towns deteriorating further. The high taxes that were introduced at one of the many times of great famine angered many peasants already struggling to survive. Finally the economic slump further raised unemployment in the working classes. Although at first glance the revolution may appear to have been a failure, there were many successes that came as a result.
Growing Up in the Great Depression The book Growing Up in the Great Depression by Richard Wormser is about the stock market crash of 1929, the causes of the Great Depression, and the impacts that the causes had on the nation. The Great Depression was an economic depression that settled over the country in the 1930’s. The depression affected everyone; the rich and poor, men, women, children, black and white, foreign and native born, workers and farmers. During this time “millions of people lost their jobs, their businesses, their farms, their homes, their savings, and their self-respect” (Wormser, 84). During the Roaring 20’s industry was booming, with more and more goods being mass produced.