martes, 8 de noviembre de 2011

Growing up in the Hungry 30's

Dear Johnny

My home sucks. We live in a six-room house and we are 19 counting my uncle’s family, and it is awful. We are 11 children, and we sleep in 4 rooms. The other two rooms are, one for uncle Carl with aunt Chloe and uncle Tom with aunt Jem, the other one is for my parents and uncle Nick with aunt Carly. You'll see... been 11 children sleeping in 4 rooms is a very hard work to sleep comfortable. This great depression thing just brings problems, problems and more problems. You remember the great house that we had in Alabama? My uncle sold it and now we come to live to Chicago, and I think that here, the great depression, especially hard hit. Now my father and my uncle are unemployed and we just don’t know what to do. The hunger in this house is unbelievable, you survive or you don’t, so we are surviving all together, but we need too much food for all the persons in the house. Our alley is full of garbage and there's always garbage... I don't understand why it's always full of it, but I surely hate it. But well, I hope that you’re in a good time and the great depression doesn’t hit you so hard like it did to us.

With regards, your cousin Bart.


Dear Michael,

Many time without seen you! I miss our games in the back side of the house in Alabama, but unfortunately Uncle Carl sold it and now we are living in a six room house been 19 persons. You remember the games that we played with Phillip from Alabama? Well now we are living in Chicago and I don’t know if Phillip continues in Alabama or not. Last year Aunt Chloe had a baby that now has like twenty months of life. I love that kid! It is awesome to play with this baby, and I think that is the happiness of the house. With Nick some days we leave our home early, like at 8am and we return at 6pm telling our awesome adventures that we had to the whole family. Dad works with Uncle Carl and Uncle Tom in a factory that I don’t know what does it makes, but it seems that they are poorly paid. But thanks to God, it is enough for us to live with just a little hunger. I hope I see you soon somewhere.

With regards, your best friend Bart.


Dear Maggie

How is it going at the school in Alabama? I miss our funny classes so much, that you can’t even imagine. Here in Chicago the school doesn’t looks so bad, actually this few months in it had been great, knowing new friends and teachers. The school is smaller than the one from Alabama, and it seems to be poor. I met a guy called Tony that comes from Italy and it so funny! He relates some histories that, are just like the ones that you told me from your father. The teachers seems to be more patient than in Alabama, but are much more strict than there, but I don’t know why but they seem more funnier. But here, sports are the funniest stuff ever! We play like two hours soccer every sport day and they let us do our own teams and everything, it’s awesome! Well, I hope you get great marks as much as I’m getting and you have an awesome time in Alabama

With regards, your friend Bart


Dear Roger

What’s going on with the world!? I don’t know too much about the Great Depression, but I just can’t keep seen poor people everywhere, and more and more houses just like mine, a small house for too many people. My parents keep telling me that it’s not my problem, but I saw them every day sacrificing themselves for each person that live in this house, and as well does it Uncle Carl, Tom and Nick with Aunt Chloe, Jem and Carly. The children, we just try to make them been proud of us, going to school and bringing great marks. That’s why we all study every day, helping the little ones and the adults sometimes helping the bigger ones. It’s impressive how do all people try to help them between each other, to survive each family and even though we are in the middle of the Great Depression it’s very surprising how do all like to have fun with the other children, like for example when we all dance with the radio that the Stuarts have, or like adults like to listen some economical or politic issues. Well, I hope you are as greater as you were before this Great Depression stuff.

With regards, your cousin Bart.

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