Diary Of Man During Great Depression
Dear Diary,
I am 29 years old and I come from a lower - middle class family. My
ancestors came from England but I was born in Australia. I haven't got
married cause I am having a hard time supporting myself let alone have
a family. I lost my job when the Great Depression began and I got one
about three years later. This is my story and this is how it all
began.
I was going to work on a Tuesday and I had heard on the radio that
there was a Wall Street stock market crash but I hadn't really cared
about it till then. When I got to work the following morning I had the
shock of my life, I saw that I had been fired. The boss had told me he
went out of business. I was scared. I knew this may happen one day but
I never really expected it to. I ran to buy a copy of the newspaper to
see there were at least sixty people ahead of me. I knew they to had
all lost their jobs and they too were nervous. The thought that scared
me the most was that my rent was overdue and I may be turned on the
streets. I got the newspaper and I saw there was one vacancy for a
factory worker. I rushed to get the job but I saw there were already
at least fifty applicants in front of me and I realized I was far too
late to have any chance of getting the job. So I walked into the local
bar and had a drink, and I soon got drunk. I can't really remember it
very well but after going out I went home and fell asleep. The next
morning I knew that I had to do something so I went around trying to
do menial tasks to be able to buy some food and then somehow pay off
my rent. It was hard to imagine that I used to give away money to
In the personal essay "Unemployed", by Kenyon MacDonald, (2016), MacDonald claims that his termination that he viewed as one of the worst experiences in his life, to be a pivotal moment where he changed job careers and went back to school. He asserts that this termination gave him a new appreciation for what he has and he develops this idea by giving us background concerning his job employment. He then tells us what led to his being fired and how it made him feel. His purpose is to let young people know that in this world of change, it is important to appreciate what you have because it could change at any moment. His intended audience is other young people.
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and take more control in the interview. I was glad that I had sent a
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