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Course:AdvancedWritingName:HuJianlong(胡建龙0801010626)Class：6Date:Nov.12th,2010TheThoroughDisasterFromtheGreatDepressionDuring1929and1933,notonlytheUSbutalsoalmostthewholeworldexperiencedasevereeconomicrecessionbeginningwiththeWallStreetstockmarketcrash.Inevitably,ithadprofoundnegativeinfluencesoneveryaspectoftheindustrialcountries.Americawasatypicalcountrywhichsufferednumerousdisturbances,hyperinflation,povertyandmigrationforsurvivalduringtheGreatdepression.TheAmericansocietyfirstlyfacedagreatchallengetomaintainsocialsecurity.Pendingthefinancialcrisis,alotofpeoplelosttheirjob.Inordertosurvive,theycausedriotsinthecountry.Inanarticle,itsaidthatacrowdofmenandwomen,shoutingthattheywerehungryandjobless,raidedagrocerynearthecityhallinOklahoma(“HungerRiots”).Andalso,inthestateofWashingtonOscarwastoldthattheforestfiresraginginthatregionallsummerandfallwascausedbyunemployedtimberworkersandbankruptfarmersinanendeavortoearnafewhonestdollarsasfirefighters.(Ameringer174).TheseweretheelementsthatmadethecountryinachaoticsituationApartfromthedisturbances,thereweremassivehyperinflationswhichweakenedtheAmericaneconomyanddownsizedthelivingqualityofthecitizens.Thepricesofproductsbecamelowerandlower,especiallytheagriculturalproducts.Inhisarticle“ThePlagueofPlenty,”OscarsaidthatthelastthinghesawonthenightheleftSeattlewasthousandsofbushelofsearchingforscarpsoffoodintherefusepilesoftheprinciplemarketofthatcity.InOregonhesawnumbersofbushelsofapplesrottingintheorchardsandonlyperfectappleswerestillsalablebutatfrom40to50centsaboxcontaining200apples.InOregon,alotofeweswerekilledbythesheepraisersbecausetheydidnotbringenoughinthemarkettopaythefreightonthem.(Ameringer174)Thisseriousinflationcouldbeenumeratedbyvariousfacts.Anotherproblemwasthepovertygeneratedbythecatastrophiccrisis.Overthedepression,theinflationwasveryservebutatthesametimepeopleweresopoorthattheycouldnotaffordtheirlivings.Oscarsaidthatonlypurelyflawlessappleswerestillsalable,atfrom40to50centsaboxcontaining200apples.Atthesametime,millionsofchildren,ontheaccountoftheirparents,wouldnoteatoneappleinthewinter.Besides,menpickedformeatscarpsinthegarbagecansinthecityofNewYorkandChicagobutonthecontrary,peoplehadtokill3000sheepthatfallandthrewthemdownthecanyon.(Ameringer.174)Thatwasquiteabnormalinthedevelopmentofsociety.Withsomanychallengesthatapersonmustdealwith,theAmericanshadnochoicebuttomovefromoneplacetoanothertofindabetterplacetolive.Therebyduringtheverytime,therewasaconsiderabletrendofmigration.Familieswentontrips,overtheredlandtotherichCaliforniavalleys.Moreover,theymustlistentothepoundingoldjalopywithalltheirsenses,forachanceoftone,theremightbeadelaysomewhere.(Steinbeck222-45).Theymetalotharshproblemsastheyweremarchingforward.Ashasbeenmentionedpreviously,theGreatDepressionhasbroughtoverwhelmingbitternesstothewholeAmerica.Disturbances,hyperinflation,povertyandforcedmigrationwereevilsinsocietyandpeoplewerethevictimsofthem.Itcanalsobeconsideredasagreatdisasterthewholeworldhaseverencountered.WorksCited“HungerRiots.”TheNewYorkTimes.Jan.21,1931.Ameringer,Oscar.“ThePlagueofPlenty.”UnemploymentReliefHearings.1932.Steinbeck,John.TheGrapesofWrath.NewYork:VikingPenguin,1939.