The author says the decade had "a beginning, middle and end." his essay also has this structure. briefly describe these three sections in steinbeck's essay.

In the beginning of the story, the author seems to describe the way of life for a lower class person. He describes the way of life that he lived to say it wasn’t much different from those who were in a higher class than he. They suffered more with the transition that happened during the Depression. 
The middle of the story the author talks about the ease for him to find the essentials to survive the Depression. He also talks about how it affected the publishing of his books, the jobless community, and the way the new and old members of the lower class took care of each other. 
In the end, the author describes the lifting of the Depression. How he got his books to finally be published and selling. He tells what he did with the profits from his writings. He had money but still seemed humble. He had friends in low and high places no matter the amount of money he had. He described a Stock Market environment after the Depression. 
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