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Spring 1934's 'Out Of The Dust'
Spring 1934 “Out of the dust” is about a girl living in Oklahoma during the dust bowl. The central idea of the section “Spring 1934” is “Nature will prevail, and everyone must work hard to survive”. This is the central idea due to the fact that the dust was ruining the soil, crops, and it was damaging Ma’s apple trees. I know this because in the text it says “If Daddy gets five bushels to his acre it’ll be a miracle. Also, it wasn’t just the dust that was ruining the crops. After a hot and fiery dust storm, there was a lot of rain that washed away most of whatever they had left. Their farm was getting so little, and they were losing money as the dust bowl went on. Other farms were getting a lot more crops than they were, and they were losing

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