The Dust Bowl

The dust bowl was one of the hardest times in the 1930’s, it took part around the Midwestern area this affected people in many different ways, most people had to walk backwards and most of the time dust would get in house’s so people would wear mask.  Okies were people from Oklahoma who migrated towards California so they could get  away from the dustbowl.  This caused a lot of formers to leave their farms, and move to the city to avoid the dust bowl, but little did they know the cities were still under depression at the time, and California was one of the best places to find jobs. This connects to the book of mice and men because George and Lennie had to move to Soledad California, first of all because Lennie had gotten them both kicked out of the first place they were in which was a place called weed because he grabbed a woman by her clothes and would not let go so she accused him of rape, and second of all they needed to find some more work so they could at least make a living off of something.  I could not imagine living in this time of the depression or the dust bowl, my family trying to figure out what to eat everyday, or worrying about dust getting in my home or all in my eyes or face, this would just not be the life for me. http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_06.html