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The dust bowl was a huge epidemic that happened during the 1930’s. During this period the dust bowl caused severe dust storms that damaged the agriculture and ecology of the United States Great Plains. This was due to the extreme drought only made life more difficult. It affected many ranchers and farmers in the South like Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. This lead people to either staying with their farm and sticking it out or leaving everything behind to find a new job. In the book, Dust Bowl: The…

Under Armour was created by former University of Maryland football player Kevin Plank, in 1996. The company started with a simple plan to make a more advanced T-shirt that not only provided compression, but got perspiration off your skin rather than absorb it. The plan was for the shirt to also regulate temperature between hot and cold, and enhance performance. “Under Armour is the originator of performance apparel - gear engineered to keep athletes cool, dry and light throughout the course of a…

issues created a lack of racial equality The Great Depression dramatically changed the lifestyle of everyone. During this, everyone in the U.S lost money, most families went poor from this catastrophic bank collapse. “We gathered on our porch; the moon rose; we were poor.” (Justice, 25). Families became…

Migrant Mother: Dorothea Lange The Dust Bowl of the 1930’s left many migrant families destitute as they struggled to survive through a period of economic depression in the United States. Dorothea Lange captured the plight of one of these families in the photograph, titled Migrant Mother. While working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), Lange took six photos, but this one in particular became the most popular image from the series. According to Dubois, the purpose originally for the…

Kia Kaha: Meaning to be forever strong on the field, so that you will be forever strong off the field. This phrase is the Highland High School rugby team’s motto. The Highland rugby team were champions who have 419 wins, 10 losses and 19 USA national championships. The coach, Larry Gelwix, mentored his players to be champions on the field as well as off the field. A movie was made based off of the Highland High School’s rugby team’s story. The movie Forever Strong states, “often, the stories of…

Helen Keller once said that “Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.” In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, 2 men named George and Lennie travel together looking for work during the Great Depression. They both had the hope of buying a ranch together but struggled to get the money to buy it. Steinbeck wrote about many conflicts in Of Mice and Men including racism, loneliness, and Lennie’s disability. Steinbeck explored racism in Of Mice and Men. Cruelty towards the weak was a…

The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, by Amity Shlaes is a graphic novel that captures a period in the history of America that was dark. This dark period in the history of America was the Depression that lasted from 1929 to 1940. Some of the main characters in The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression are, Calvin Coolidge Vice President, and then he became President when President Harding died, Herbert Hoover the president during the early years of the Great…

the novella Of Mice and Men, and novel The Grapes of Wrath, the author John Steinbeck, offers dignity to characters that live at the edge of society. Dignity is described as our intrinsic value and worth as human beings. During the 1930s, The Dust Bowl and The Great Depression were the uprising time for the downfall of human dignity since many obstacles occurred that mentally drained individuals. In Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck portrays self-respect through the characters…

Of Mice and Men is a story of migrant farmers trying to make a stake in the Great Depression. One of the main emotions expressed during that time and throughout the novel was loneliness. Loneliness is a sadness caused by having no company, loneliness in the novel causes many characters to do things they wouldn’t usually do just to get some attention. In the novel Of Mice and Men many characters such as Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s Wife express loneliness in different ways throughout the novel…

Loneliness is the worst emotional pain a person can go through in life. In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, three main characters experience loneliness during the story of George and Lennie. The story consists of two migrant farmers named George and Lennie going to work on a farm, trying to get enough money to buy their own farm. On this farm is a slew of characters, but some are more isolated than others. The message of “everybody needs somebody” is delivered through Candy, Crooks, and…