Hard Times- The Great Depression

The Great Depression was all about the struggles that the American People had to overcome. As the Stock Market crashed in 1929, people panicked and didn't know what to do to get out of the hole. In this case, Robinson played it smart like my father would have. I wonder what in Robinson's past, or anything at all had made him want to save up all the money that he had instead of "having big money". My father's family was once a wealthy family back in Taiwan, they had nannies and servants. When my grandfather's health had suddenly dropped and my grandmother passed away, my father and his siblings had to go on the streets to beg for money just to eat. That is why he works like crazy to save up money for my mom and I. The scars of his past made him afraid and every penny that he could save, he would. I think the lives of the people in the Great Depression were very traumatic. People committed suicide because all of a sudden they were left with nothing and over night, the most wealthy had fallen just like everyone else.  I wasn't surprised at all at how harshly the depression had affected the American people. I think that the only thing they had left was hope, hope that God was playing a joke and He would turn things right around.