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Sorry for writing so much, this story really sparked something for me. - Caryn | Sorry for writing so much, this story really sparked something for me. - Caryn | ||
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| + | I liked this story a lot because it was so different than how many people view life during the Depression. I feel like Hollywood has made it seem like The Depression consisted of a bunch of poor people living on city streets and dirty factories. While these things were true, this story seems to show that things for simple, country farmers were still as they had been in the late 19th centuries. Mollie's family had to carry in water from a well, knew absolutely nothing about personal hygiene, and her brothers attended a one-teacher schoolhouse. The only thing that reminds you that Mollie is living in the 20th century is when she leaves home to go work in a factory and buys new things like hightop shoes. I think Mollie's personal story is touching and sad, but I also think that her story shines a light into how different life was in the country than in the city. Its like they never progressed into the 20th century. -- Angie | ||
==A Mexican-American Childhood during the Depression, Carlotta Silvas Martin== | ==A Mexican-American Childhood during the Depression, Carlotta Silvas Martin== | ||
