DEPICTION OF FARMERS IN “TOBACCO ROAD” BY E. CALDWELL

Abstract

In E. Caldwell’s works particularly novels such as “Tobacco road” and “God’s little acre”, farmers characters embody the complexities of great depression era and economical hardship themes. It is mentioned the author and his works devoted to the issues of farmers, revealed in literature and problems of farmers in America, which have always been in the centre of writers’ attention. We defined and showed these problems of certain periods in several works of some representatives of American literature. Article showa us the observation of similarities in portraying main characters and presenting the hard life of farmers and the reflection of Depression Era in both novels. From this point of view, we focused on scenes which show the real situation of that time.