Short Blog – 1

I thought Hoovervilles were an interesting thing that happened during the Great Depression. I like the humor in naming them after President Hoover who is seemingly responsible for getting these families into this sticky situation. It’s cool how each Hooverville was its own community. Each Hooverville would have its own set of unwritten rules that everyone would have to follow and nobody had an issue with these rules. Everyone who lived in these towns looked out for each other as best as they could like when Ma gave the hungry children the little bit of leftovers because she felt bad. It is interesting to see the resourcefulness of the people in these towns. They were making homes out of anything and everything. They would create their homes out of old metal, box cars, tarps, sometimes cardboard, and much worse. I think it shows the perseverance of the people of that time and how they just had to survive.