The story Grapes of Wrath is about a family moving to California during the "Great Depression". The family is from Oklahoma, they came to California in search for gold and to work. In Oklahoma they had lived in a farm and they would work inside the farm. Since they have lived in Oklahoma they were put in line during the "Great Depression'. The family worked hard so they would go to California and get rich, and have good hopes in their lives.

         In "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" is about a man working hard to earn money in California. He was living his life but if he wanted to achieve his dream he had to follow it and work hard for it. The man that had been working hard he felt that he would get a dime out of each job he did. The man did these things because he was poor. I think this dime meant that they were going for the american dream to get money, to save themseleves, or to save him self.

         These two men are both in need for money and a job but they both have a dream and to follow the dream. The man in "Bother, Can you Spare a Dime?" "building a dream" talks about how he is trying to make his dream come true, also he works hard so he can have a better life. The man in Grapes of Wrath wanted a better life for his family because he didn't have any money so he had to sell the farm.

         The man in the song describes the work he has done such as plowing the earth, building a railroad, building a tower and his military service. The work that reveals about this man is that he did all these things and he made it run, in the text it says "once i built a railroad, i made it run, made it race against time". Once i built a railroad