David also didn’t have friends at school. no one w ant ed t o play w it h him because he w as smell and never changed clot h. He w as out cast .
At school I w as a t otal out cast . No ot her kid w ould have anyt hing t o do w ith m e ACCI: 36.
2. Economic Aspect
The decade of t he 1920s t hat w as as t he Golden Tw ent ies w as charact erized by w idespread prosperit y. During t he prosperit y of t he Golden
t w ent ies, many Americans made spent money w it h ease. Aft er enjoying t he Golden Tw ent ies, American had a t errible sit uat ion t hat ’s called t he Great
Depression. The Great Depression w as a severe w orldw ide economic depression in t he decade preceding World War II and it is st art ed in about
1939 and ended 1945. The t iming of t he Great Depression varied across nat ions, but in m ost
count ries it st art ed in 1930 and last ed unt il t he lat e 1930s or middle 1940s. It w as t he longest , most w idespread, and deepest depression of t he 20t h
cent ury. The st art of t he Great Depression w as reflect ed t o t he sudden devast at ing collapse of US st ock market prices on Oct ober 29, 1929, know n
as Black Tuesday. How ever, t he depression originat ed in t he U.S., aft er t he fall in st ock prices t hat began around Sept ember 4, 1929.
The Great Depression had devast at ing effect s in count ries rich and poor. Personal income, t ax revenue, profit s and prices dropped, w hile
int ernat ional t rade plunged by more t han 50. Unemployment in t he U.S. rose t o 25.
The book A M an Named Dave st at es about t he great depression. David’s grandmot her rose her children in t he great depression w it hout a
husband. Her husband passed aw ay. She felt difficult t o raise t w o children. Therefore, t he mot her w as grow n by t ight w ay.
Okay, I t hought , m aybe Grandm ot her w as overbearing. When her husband passed aw ay, leaving her t o raise t w o children in t he middle
of a depression, Grandm ot her had t o be st ern. AM ND: 196-197
In A M an Named Dave, it is also st at ed t hat America faced a st at ewide recession in 1978 and it was difficult t o find a job.
Jobs right now are scarce w it h t he recession and all, AM ND: 228
That t ime was recession in America. David dropped out from high school and didn’t have job. In addit ion, his saving money remained lit t le. He was in
hard condit ion.
In t he sum mer of 1978, at age eight een, in order t o furt her m y career as t op rat ed car salesm an, I decided t o drop out of high school. But m ont hs
lat er, after a st atew ide recession, I found m yself as a legal adult , w it h no diplom a, no job, and m y life savings quickly draining aw ay. AM ND: 34
M oreover, aft er joining air forces for years, David w as fright ened for t he new s of personnel cut backs. He w as a boom operat or. He believed t hat
he w ould be among t he first t o be relieved from act ive dut y since t he Looking Glass w as no longer an operat ional aircraft and boom operat ors w ere not
allow ed t o perform t heir t asks.
In the spring of 1992, rum ors began t o float of severe personnel cut backs AM ND: 226.
Recession is a significant decline in econom ic act ivit y spread across t he economy, last ing more t han a few mont hs, normally visible in real gross
domest ic product GDP, real income, employm ent , indust rial product ion, and w holesale-ret ail sales. There have been as m any as 47 recessions in t he
Unit ed St at es since 1790. Cycles in agricult ure, consumpt ion, and business invest ment , and t he
healt h of t he banking indust ry also cont ribut e t o t hese declines. U.S. recessions have increasingly affect ed economies on a w orldw ide scale,
especially as count ries’ economies become more int ert w ined. In A Child Called it , it seems t hat t he societ y w as a w ell-t o-do people.
In t he house, David’s fam ily had car, t elephone, and elect ronic it ems like TV, st ereo, and radio. It means t hat David’s family w as capable in mat erial.
Spring m eant picnics. M om w ould prepare a feast of fried chicken, salads, sandw iches and lot s of dessert s t he night before ACCI: 19.
David’s family also frequent ly w ent for picnic. They used t o go for picnic in spring. M ot her used t o prepare for meal t he night before.
Spring meant picnics. M om w ould prepare a feast of fried chicken, salads, sandw iches and lot s of dessert s t he night before ACCI:19.
David’s family used t o go t o Russian River in summer. They w ent t here by car.
That summ er, t he fam ily vacat ioned at t he Russian River ACCI: 34.
Alt hough David’s parent s w ere prosperous enough, his m ot her w it hheld him some food, appropriat e clot hing and ot her basic m at erial
necessit ies of life.
Because M ot her had m e wear the same clot hes w eek aft er w eek, by Oct ober m y clot hes had becom e w eat hered, t orn and sm elly ACCI: 30.
By t hen, M ot her w ould “ forget” t o feed me any dinner ACCI: 30.
In The Lost Boy, David’s needs were seemed t o be fulfilled by his fost er parent s. He got some money from count y t hat given t o fost er parent s t o buy
him some needs including clot h. Lilian, his first fost er parent , didn’t afraid t o spend t he money cost ly 127 for David’s needs.
I’ve got a check here for 127 from t he count y t o buy you som e clothes TLB: 61.
However, t o find fost er parent s at t hat t ime was very difficult . The fat e
of t he fost er children was poor because of t he lack number of fost er parent s. There was an organizat ion t hat helped t he needs of children. One of t hem is The
Arrow Project .
Anot her organizat ion is The Arrow Project , a nonprofit organization t hat addresses t he needs of children and fam ilies in several st at es by providing
fost er care, diagnost ic and educat ional services and other int erventions TLB: 188.
In addit ion, fost er children who are approaching eight een should t hink about t heir fut ure of how t o st and by t hemselves because t hey wouldn’t be in a
ward of t he court anym ore. This was proved by David’s st ruggle for finding some jobs before eight een.
I soon added a job at a w at ch repair shop, w here I w orked about 20 hours a w eek for 10, 25 t akehome pay TLB:159.
It can be concluded t hat David lived in hard t ime w it h difficul economy condit ion. The t ime w hen t he books w ere w rit t en w as at recession
t ime. The book also ment ioned about great depression.
3. Political Aspects
