Great Depression Monologue

Hello I am bob and I am going to tell you my story of the Great depression.

I was a regular person working at the boeing factory making biplanes including the boeing XP-8. It was a good job I got paid well and I never went hungry. I proceeded to invest my money in the stock market and I invested it on boeing stock to make a return on every plane I make. I made a lot of money. But I didn’t buy a lot. I had a ford model T and a small home. But what I did invest in was a heavy duty security system. I didn’t use a bank because of the fact that all of the gangsters and mobsters. So I literally slept on my money. I went to my work again in october and after I did my work I then bought a refrigerator and saved a lot of my food. I never bought on

credit but I did use cash. So when I learned that the stock market crashed I never really lost much because I never used a broker. So I never was really bad off. I then learned that banks started to freeze up and I was so glad that I never stored up in the banks and stocks. I was also glad that I served in the war at the end and guarded the germans in belgium. I mean I wasn't laid off and I just was having a really good time. My best friend Got laid off all of a sudden I asked the manager why that happened he said because of the fact that they needed to cut costs. I now realised how much danger I was in so I worked extra hard. I had no problems but bolts that would not fit. I then was called to my bosses office. I was having my wages cut. I said okay so I than proceeded to work my hardest. I was then sent back to my bosses office to talk to him. I then got my wages back. I worked my hardest day and night. To the point that I fainted in the parking lot. I was happy I did not have the most lavish lifestyle so I was just getting along. It then went to the soup kitchens to get free food to cut costs. So I was just getting along but I then realised that we were stuck in a deflationary cycle. So I then realised that if I saved up on my money I could buy more stuff and have a better lifestyle so I worked my hardest ever. It is 1935 I realized that we were the lowest ever so I bought blue chip stock to give me a cushion of protection.

I then bought up stock without a broker to insure myself. I was living out the american dream. I received an offer for a bunch of stocks for two dollars so of course I took it to help out a poor lad. I never realised that it was from winston Churchill. So I asked a stock broker how much this stock was worth and he said it was worth a dollar. I didn’t believe him of course I thought it was a scam of course. I then went to work and I realised that my wages had been cut again. So I then was working my hardest ever to the point that I was physically exhausted. I was now fainting at home to get the necessary sleep in order to sustain my work regimen. I was summoned to the office one last time to learn that I was laid off. The date was 1939. I then joined the airforce to get a solid job. I was assigned a test pilot role in the airforce and I tested the P-40 warhawk and the P-39 It was the best plane I ever flew. I never realised what fun it is to fly in a airplane before. I was instantly hooked to flying and I Never wanted to stop flying. I was hooked I was never going to quit the air force. I kept flying even during world war two. I then was involved in a carbon monoxide leak in the engine and I just managed to bail out in time and save my life to the point I was so terrified I never wanted to fly again so I settled

down and got a job with boeing and I kept that job until I retired and had kids. But those who laugh at the lessions in history shall see history repeat. It did in 2008. The end.