Describe the faces of nature presented in each poem. What differences do
you see in the comfort level each speaker has with his or her natural
surroundings? Are there any similarities in their attitudes toward nature?
Support your conclusions.

The great depression, which lasted throughout the 1930s in the united states, affected many people, and it had a devastating impact on an entire subset of the u.s. population. modernist writer john steinbeck wrote about the toll the depression took on these families, many of whom were forced to leave their farms and find other sources of income.