Comparing The Great Depression And Bread Givers

The Great Depression & Bread Givers

The Great Depression was the worst and longest economic recession that happened in the history of the United States. It affected the life of the citizens of this country very depressingly, mostly the incoming immigrants. These immigrants were just migrating from their own country to begin starting a new and better life right when the Great Depression began. The sole reason why they left their homeland was to move away from the similar situation that was happening there. Now they have to face the same struggles again in this country with insufficiency and despair to take care of their families, when it’s suppose to be a brand new start with no desperation. These Immigrants, especially Jewish Immigrants, lived
They were a family of six, a father, mother, and four daughters. The family lived in a very poor neighborhood. The Smolinsky family was so poor that they had couldn’t even throw away the peeling of a potato and to the point where they had to take other people’s thrown out ash to have the coal they needed. They also were not able to afford new furniture or clothes for themselves. The Smolinsky family was just like the rest of the other immigrants, where they lived in this country at the time of the Great Depression. They left their home land Russia so that they could escape from the devastation and chaos but came to find out that this country was in the same situation. The Great Depression brought a lot of families, including the Smolinsky, to the state where they are desperate enough to beg for food. The original American citizens was already having a very difficult time surviving during the Great Depression. That makes it twice as hard for the immigrants who just started a new life in this country from nothing, which makes the Smolinsky Family suffered just as much as the