"He ran into the storm, his overalls half-hooked over his union suit. "Daddy!" I called. "You can't stop dust." Ma told me to cover the beds, push the scatter rugs against the doors, dampen the rags around the windows. Wiping dust out of everything, she made coffee and biscuits, waiting for Daddy to come in."- page 32
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
I chose this passage out of the book because it depicts their life during the dust bowl. Their lives with dust was like fighting a losing battle. When Billie Jo told her dad you can't stop dust, that really got to me. The dust had taken over their whole world. She had come to terms with living this way. It is sad a young child had gotten used to living with dust that way. They could not grow any crops as they had before. They could barely feed their family. They were to the point of pondering whether they should take out a loan for crops or not. Not only had it eliminated their way to make a living, it was taking over the only thing they had to protect them from the dust, their home. They would have to constantly clean the dust. It was to the point that they had to turn their plates face down and their glasses bottom up or they would be covered in dust before they were able to eat. Once they had food on their plates, their food would be covered in dust. The dust was taking over their lives. I chose this picture because it shows a huge dust cloud completely covering all buildings and land to where you can't even see them through the dust. This is what their lives were like on a daily basis during this time.
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