In the process the storm also pushed out human life. The ripples in the ground show that there was once a field, in which the crops flourished.
The older people were a little better suited for the poverty that came of the Depression and the Dust Bowl. However, the children were more likely to struggle in these instances of poverty. In the picture, there are two boys. One is center framed and closer to the viewer, whereas the other child is lingering in the background. These boys are in a huge predicament, they live in a “Hooverville”. The towns were given their names due to Herbert Hoover, who was the President of the U.S. at the time. Hi was the main person the was blamed for the depression. Hooverville’s were small, shack like towns that were built by the homeless people during the Dust Bowl. The Great Depression caused the stock market to plummet, but, the farmers were pushed into poverty due to the Dust Bowl. They could not gain anything economically as their farms were not