Amelia's Cries: The Great Depression

Amelia’s Cries It was a hot and humid day, on June 3, 1930. Amelia had been at that house since January of that year. How her life had changed so much within the last year. The stock market had crashed and her father lost his job. Her seven other brothers and sisters were boarded out to anyone that would take them, in hopes of them not starving to death. She was the oldest of her father’s children at the age of 15, but she was too young to marry off. Her mother had died earlier last year from pneumonia, and her father could no longer take care of the children alone. He sent her out to Kansas to live with a man and his wife, in hopes that she could survive the hard times, and that she would find a husband within the next few

Mr. Murdock was a tall man with white hair and a mustache, which appeared to be a much respected business man. He was a quiet man that enjoyed smoking his pipe and sitting in the study by himself. He had met Amelia’s father back when she was much smaller, and was a dear friend to him. He had been trying to help her father in any way that he could since her mother had passed and her father had lost his job. Her father thought it would be good for Amelia to live in a house with a young woman that could teach her how to become a suitable wife. His wife was much younger than him, at about the age of 25, and she was constantly looking for attention from her husband. Ms. Ruth had big blue almond shaped eyes with blonde bobbed hair, and a silhouette that most women would dream of. However, she wasn’t near as beautiful on the inside. She would smile at Amelia in front of the Mr. Murdock, then give her looks of disgust from across the room. She often made Amelia wish that she could run away. She would make her sleep on the cold basement floor when she could, while her dog slept in a warm plush bed. Amelia felt as if, Ms. Ruth was secretly punishing her for being in their