Photo Essay by: John Steinbeck

The first photo that I like is the photo on page 930. This photo shows two little girls wading through the water. The first girl is holding a bucket that looks heavy. In the background you see a two trailers that look very shabby. The first one shows a window that looks like the curtains are old and torn up. On the side of the picture shows a caption saying, "The company let's us live in 'em when we're pickin' cotton. When we ain't workin', we pay rent. Water's comin' up in 'em now." This caption tells that families were getting worried about where they are going to live.

The second photo that I like is on page 931. This photo shows two children playing in the dirt. They both look a little shabby and poor. Behind the children there is a tent that is filled with pillows and basically their whole house. Right beside the girl there is a wagon with the wheels broken off. The tent has some holes in the bottom. Behind the tent there are some dried up trees that look dead. The ground is dry dirt that looks like it needs rain. The caption underneath the picture says, "We got to have a house when the rains come... jus' so's it's got a roof and a floor. Just to keep the little fellas off'n the ground." This caption helps tell again how the people are worried about the rain falling and everything being wet. The picture shows how certain people lived and how the conditions were before the flood.

The third photo that I liked was on page 929. This picture shows about 4 people standing around a car. The car is most likely their house that they are living in. The people's clothes are all dirty and shabby looking. Behind this car you can see another car and a tent where probably another family is living. This photo helps the reader understand what the people had to live in and how they worked.