Although his family had suffered loss and hunger during the Great Depression, the poor viewed him and his formerly middle-class family "as people from another world who happened to fall accidentally into their world".
Meskipun keluarganya telah menderita kerugian dan kelaparan selama Depresi Besar, orang miskin melihat dia dan keluarganya yang sebelumnya berasal dari kelas menengah "sebagai orang-orang dari dunia lain yang kebetulan jatuh tanpa sengaja ke dalam dunia mereka."