Out Of The Dust Literary Analysis

Have you ever gotten sand in your eye at the beach? Living in the Dust Bowl era was like getting a sandcastle thrown in your eye everyday. In the novel of “Out of the Dust” by Karen Hesse, a girl named Billie Jo and her family have to deal with living during the Dust Bowl era. The novel focuses on the effect and difficulties families had during the Dust Bowl. The article“ The Dust Bowl” by Jan Meyers, discusses information about the dust bowl and it’s causes and effects. “Out of the Dust” uses historically accurate events such as migration out of the area and health effects of dust to create a more precise novel. Karen Hesse using the topic of migration during the Dust Bowl created a more credible historical fiction novel. In “ Out of the Dust” Billie Jo’s best friend ,Livie’s family the Killians chose to move west California to escape the dust only to be left hungry and unemployed,“ The Killians can’t find work, can’t get food” (Hesse 21).The article “The Dust Bowl” discusses how during the Dust Bowl era many families try to move west
In “ Out of the Dust” Billie Jo’s best friend ,Livie’s family the Killians chose to move west California to escape the dust only to be left hungry and unemployed,“ The Killians can’t find work, can’t get food” (Hesse 21).The article “The Dust Bowl” discusses how during the Dust Bowl era many families try to move west to try to start over but struggled finding work and make a living, “...Thousands of poor people looking for work and few available jobs. Many found that their lives in California were just as hard as the lives they had left behind.” (Meyer). During this time families were tricked into believing that moving west would rid them of their problem, the Killians moved out west but ended up in this situation. Karen Hesse’s inclusion of migration out of the area made the novel more accurate to life in the