Don’t you ever wonder why change happens so abruptly? Why its unpredictability is loved by some and despised by others? I often wonder too, and in times like these, it happens quite a lot. My family, as many would say, is depressed. I guess that’s why they call it the Great Depression , the era we live in. Because of the lack of happiness and blithe, we are forced into a life of constant stress and poverty. My father tells me that it had all started when the stock market crashed and since then, everything changed. It became an arduous task to find a job that would offer a decent pay. But, then again, any pay is decent nowadays. The meager income my father earns, oftentimes none at all, is all we have to support ourselves. He isn’t often From what I gathered, they were named in honor of President Herbert Hoover , who, according to them, was to blame for the failing economy and miserable living conditions. My family and I are one of the few who aren’t, and my mother often reprimands us about how we take for granted the fact that we aren’t among those who are less fortunate and that we Sarah Aguiar 822 October 2016 should cherish our “gift”. I think that it is an innate ability people have to assume what fortune they have will be with them regardless. I feel that even the inhabitants of the so called “Hoovervilles” take for granted what little they have and forget that there are probably some who are even less fortuitous then they are. Sometimes, I imagine a world that is free of the countless woes wrought upon the people of today. Where no one is troubled by the need of supporting their family or if you might not have house to lodge in at the end of the day. Nevertheless, this is simply a fantasy one could only hope for. It is what everyone hopes for at times like these. And, I desperately hope that, in the near future, this dream will become a