FLYER THING
Life of Steinbeck
Born on February 27, 1902, in Salinas, California, John Steinbeck dropped out of college and worked as a manual laborer before achieving success as a writer. His 1939 novel, The Grapes of Wrath, about the migration of a family from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to California, won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. Steinbeck served as a war correspondent during World War II, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962. He died in New York City in 1968.
The Great Depression
The Stock Market crashed in 1929. It crashed on October 24(Black Thursday). By October 29th, stock prices will plummet and banks will be calling in loans. More than 3.2 million people do not have jobs. From 1.5 million prior to October 29th. President Hoover once said, “Any lack of confidence in the economic future or the basic strength of business in the United States is foolish.”
Migrant Experience
The Migrant Experience followed behind World War I. When market prices started to drop Great Plains farmers had to increase their products. With the increase of products they needed more land to farm. Majority of the farmers stressed out their land where it wasn’t good at farming anymore. The Migrant Experience is when farmers moved from the east to the west to find more land to farm.
Mercy Killings (Euthanasia)
Mercy Killings (Euthanasia) is when someone ends someone else's life, because they think its in their best interest to stop them from pain and suffering from an incurable or terminal condition. People can also choose for someone to take their life because they don’t want to suffer, or they want to die on their own terms.
Pros
Everyone has a right to decide when their life should end.
If the quality of life has become so bad, a person may feel too much physical or emotional pain.
Today’s hospitals are overcrowded and have too many patients. Some argue that they should let those die that do not have a chance of living on. In that way there could be more room for patients with diseases that can be cured.
Cons
Doctors have a problem with euthanasia because they have sworn an oath that does not allow them to take part in the killing of people.
- Sometimes it is not clear if an ill person really wants to die. Euthanasia should only take place if someone really wants it or if they understand how ill they are.