Essay: Novel Analysis/Research "The Four Winds" By Kristin Hannah

Historical/ Sociological: Imagine yourself as a historian or sociologist. Study the history/sociology of real persons living through the Great Depression and/or The Dust Bowl more specifically, to make connections between the struggles and experiences of "real" persons living during times of extreme conflict and the ones portrayed in the novel. Whatthemes is Hannah exploring and what does her fictive representation of these characters' stories reveal about the Depression/Dust Bowl experience, both in society and in the novel?