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The Great Depression was a big part of American history. ... Although, it proves how great America became by rising out of the depression in 1939. The depression was very hard on middle to lower class families. It put a lot of pressure on the fathers to keep a job and be able to support the family. These times strained family ties and even broke some families apart. Brighton Beach Memoirs by Neil Simon demonstrates how a family deals with the pressures of the 1930s as a result of the Great Depression.
The political response to the Great Depression was the New Deal. ...
The first phase helped relieve the Great Depression through agriculture and business regulation, inflation, price stabilization, and public works. ...
The economic answer to the Great Depression was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC). ... During its first year running, it dispensed 1. ...
During the Great Depression, the family values and lifestyle of a middle to lower class family greatly changed. The fathers were expected to support the family and bring home the money. This created a lot of stress on the father and sometimes caused anxiety or a feeling of worthlessness for failing to provide for the family. ...
Most of the women stayed home to take care of the family. ... Also, it was thought of going against traditional family values if a woman did not stay at home to take care of the children and household (Kidder). ... During the depression, if a child did not have a high school diploma, he/she could achieve very little. Although, many boys were forced to drop out of school to help support the family. ...
All of the events that occurred during the Great Depression influenced many authors to write stories and plays about it. ... He wrote the play, Brighton Beach Memoirs, in 1984. He describes the struggles that a family of seven would face during the heart of the depression. The main character Eugene Jerome, his family, his Aunt Blanche Morton, and cousins Laurie and Nora Morton, helped show what it was like to live during this unstable time period.
As if the depression was not hard enough, the Jerome family has to support another family at the same time. ... Pop sells them to nightclubs and hotels after he gets through everyday with his regular work, cutting material for ladies raincoats” (Simon 32). This shows how fathers would have to have multiple jobs to support the family. ... The extra workload put plenty of pressure on the father to bring home enough money for the family to get by.
Approximate Word count = 2075
Approximate Pages = 8.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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