The homes of families that tried to get a living even after the American economy is in shambles. If you look closely enough you can see the different members of the families under the tent that they have created. Although there wasn’t much to eat, in a way they at least had somewhere where they could be with each other. The worn out cloth, and the land that they are around with scraps everywhere shows this depiction of what poverty really looked like at the time. The depth of the image allows for viewers to think about the condition they were in; how would they shower? How would they eat? How would they protect themselves from storms and much more. Lange allows the questioning, pushing her works to be analyzed and interpreted.

A child explained by the title Lange gives her work, “damaged”. As a result of the great depression, children and families were separated. Some people sent their kids away in hope for them to find more opportunities to live well, and instead many children starved and died. This image of this young child, shows how her clothes are in a way maltreated. The stains on the clothes, and the young child’s eyes tell a story, a story of poverty. Looking at this image, Dorothea Lange pushes to reveal the looks on young Children’s faces, depicting the pain and struggle they must be going through, displaying pathos.

Focusing on this family, you can see how the elderly are treated the same as every younger person in the setting. The young boys face at the left corner, shows this feeling of uncertainty. He looks as if he is questioning the real reason they are being ‘evacuated’ is this really evacuation or is this more than that. The family and how they have all their belongings packed up shows this feeling of evacuation this feeling of going somewhere unknown. This uncertainty, show’s within each members facial expressions they are afraid of the unknown. America pushes them out and Lange uncovers the far within the younger Children’s faces to create the understanding of America’s societal oppression.

The effect that social inequality left on America was forever existing. The improsenments of Asian Americans in America was an effect of this oppressive system in America, where as soon as one person of a certain ethnic or racial background does something their ethnicity is tied down to who they are. So many Asian Americans after the great depression were outcasted, and denied from socitety because of America’s tensions with Japan. American had it’s ‘way of doing things’ the faces of these young children show the expressions where they are in fear, in fear of the unknown. They are unsure of what is to come, and how this will effect everyone around them. So many young women, and elderly people unsure of what came after getting on this ‘evacuation’ bus , what this bus really was. This shows one family, one ethnic background, being shunned by the United States.