Of Mice and Men by Kamilah

Kamilah: Migrant workers of California

kamilahgarcesx0 — 2015-01-07 18:02:12 UTC

A lot of farmers decided to migrate to the west because all they’re homes were destroyed from the Dust Bowl. Also they needed jobs so they could buy things. A migrant worker is someone who moves from job to job. Migrant workers lived in terrible conditions. They lived in a tent or shack. The places where the migrant workers lived were filthy and it was even worse when the temperature was warm because there would be flies and bugs all over the place. Farmers tried to help workers and so have the government agencies. They set up camps that were ran by people living there. There were showers, toilets and washing machines. The migrant workers faced competition because they weren’t that many jobs for everyone and when there were jobs available everyone competed to get it.

Ricky Davoli, John Steinbeck's life

Ricky_Davoli — 2015-01-07 18:02:22 UTC

Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California. He was an only son. He grew up as an avid reader. When he became 14, he decided to become a writer. By 1919, he entered Stanford University, enrolling in writing and literature. We went to a few of his classes occasionally but left in 1925, without a degree. He moved to New York and was a construction worker for a while. He returned to California and written the Cup of Gold. He then married his first wife, Carol, in 1930. He then wrote the book Tortilla Flat. After that, two years later, he wrote Of Mice and Men. He then published The Grapes of Wrath. Both books eventually received the Pulitzer Prize. When his marriage was crumbling, he went with his friend Ed Ricketts and wrote the Sea of Cortez and The Forgotten Village. He divorced Carol and married Gwendolyn. He then got divorced his second wife and married Elaine Scott. He then wrote Cannery Row in 1945, East of Eden in 1951, The Winter of Our Discontent in 1961. He then died at the age 66 in 1968.

Trevor Earle

trevor_earle — 2015-01-08 17:39:39 UTC

Life before The Great Depression was a time when people had a lot of money and weren’t afraid to spend it on new items such as automobiles, refrigerators, and radios. People had just got credit cards and were spending more than they made. When the Great Depression started people started to panic and tried to pull all their money out of the banks. This then caused the majority of banks out in the U.S to close because they were going into bankruptcy. Now that people had no money harvesting and manufacturing of new crop and products slowed drastically. This caused people to loose their jobs. Then Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected as president and made a law called the New Deal. The New Deal gave people hope by introducing social security, unemployment insurance and disability insurance. After the New Deal the Great Depression lasted for several years. then WW2 started pulling America out of the depression from the demand of products from the U.S. from countries preparing for war. Clearly, the great depression was one of the most difficult times for the U.S.