How to Find Happiness

How To Find Happiness Despite The Depression mass media underwent considerable growth. Newspaper companies shut down by the thousand but circulation of papers went up a remarkable amount. In 1930 less than half of the U.S. households owned radios but ten years later over eighty percent owned them. Life during this time period was a continues struggle and for the most part extremely miserable. Unemployment grew to twenty-five percent of the population. People lost their jobs, they were forced out of their homes and resorted to living in any sort of thing they could find like cardboard boxes for example. Mass media provided people with projections of their thwarted ambitions and expressions of their deep frustrations. The art of story telling, in media form, is often told best and more widely appreciated during times of great suffering. Little Orphan Annie first appeared as a comic strip in 1924 and began to appear and newspapers long after. It was created by Harold Gray and it is the stories of a feisty young red-haired girl who travels across the U.S. meeting every new challenge with a certain grit and resourcefulness. Through out the strip Annie and Oliver Warbucks are constantly being separated and reunited. Oliver Warbucks is the billionaire who adopted Annie. This story went on to be a highly acclaimed radio series, they came out with a line of toys, games and merchandise as well. Annie became subjected to films and in 1977 made it debut on Broadway as a musical. It was a huge hit and its brilliant song “Tomorrow” is now a classic. Little Orphan Annie was so popular because her story was so easy to relate to. Not only was Annie very poor and neglected but she was brave. In 100 Years of American Newspaper Comics , Gray pretty much sums her up with, “ Annie is tougher than hell, with a heart of gold and a fast left who takes care of herself because she has