The Great Depression: An Analysis Of Mother And Daughter's Relationships

I chose these lines to tell out a story from the mother’s perspective. She has feelings of love and affection towards her daughter but could not take care of her because she had to work in order to provide for her. These lines show how much she regrets not listening to her daughter’s pleas and leaving her alone some nights. The mother tells a story of how she would rush back home, and when “[Emily] saw [her]”, Emily would “break into a clogged weeping that could not be comforted”. The cries still haunt the mother and so do these memories. I hope that the audience sees how the Great Depression affected different things, such as a mother and daughter’s relationship. It also affected how children grew up, they couldn’t spend as much time with