The Depression Website

When I hear the word Depression I think of many homeless and starving families. But, that is not all there is to it. Although many people have thought that during the Depression art had ceased, but it hadn't. When I visited The Magpie Sings the Great Depression, I found out that the Bronx's Dewitt Clinton High School produced many writers and artists. A lot of the art depicts the struggles that the city has faced and also gives the reader the emotional details of what the people had to deal with. Their depictions of teenage life documents the way in which they carried on their everyday lives and shows the economic problems at home. Even the influence of the Harlem Renaissance can be seen in the short stories. Many of the artists from this school became writers, directors, or artists. I think it is amazing that teenagers could create art from their daily lives that had to deal with poverty, starvation, and economic stress . It also helps later generations to get a feel from the pictures, stories, and poems the problems they faced everyday. I really enjoyed looking at this site, and it gave me a lot of perspective about the Depression: more than just poverty and political stress arose from the Depression.