Photo essay

In page 928 the bottom picture we see six the bottom picture, we see six men desperately waiting for something, holding a piece of paper. In front of them, there is a man with tidy hair and looks as if he has a suit on. I think these six men are selling their lands to feed their families. Next to the picture there is a quote saying “It’s the kids. A man can get hungry and it ain’t so bad. A man gets sick when the kids are hungry.” We can see how poor these people’s lives were. Another picture is the one on page 930. There are two women carrying a bucket full of water, and is heading to a container. Under them there are water that are up to their legs which seems that there has been a flood. Next to the picture there is a quote “The company lets us live in ‘em when we’re pickin’ cotton…This tells that a lot of women had to work also had to work because they were so poor. The last picture is on the top of page 932. There is a man who seems to be a lumberjack. Next to the picture, there is a quote saying “The whole thing’s nuts. There’r work to do and people to do it, but them can’t get together. There’s food to eat and people to eat it, and them two can’t get together neither. In this quote Steinbeck is commenting on the senselessness of all that was going on in the Great Depression. He is comparing the workers as the poor people and the food eaters as the rich people.