Tuesday, June 18, 2019

The Forgotten Man


Recommended by Garnet, gr. 11, 2018-19 school year

I have never known much about American history in general and figured that reading about such a prominent period of time like The Great Depression in the format of a graphic novel might educate me  in a way that is easy to understand because of the illustrations.

The story follows different conflicts during the Great Depression through a political focus. Because the story switches perspectives often, there isn’t really any obvious main character but these are a few of the people who stand out against the rest. Rex Tugwell is an economist who’s trying to solve the problem of farming poverty. Then there’s Franklin Roosevelt,the President of the United States, who is focused upon getting the country out of the Great Depression. Finally there is the narrator Wendell Willkie who is fighting a power company called the T.V.A.

While I enjoyed The Forgotten Man, the majority of the politics were lost on me due to a lack of knowledge relating to politics. would recommend The Forgotten Man to someone having some prior knowledge of American history and politics during the 1930s.

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