SurvivalThe 1920s were a time of prosperity. Of course, that all changed with Black Tuesday and the economic collapse that followed. Ron Howard's The Cinderella Man is about a man named Jim Braddock who was once a big boxing star before the Great Depression. When he broke his arm, he left the ring and was faced with the difficult world that existed in the 1930s. Jim Braddock and his family are faced with the Great Depression, and as his family and his family deal with the economic and social problems of 1934, similarities and differences can be seen. In the film, Jim and his family experience some of the effects of the Great Depression. An example is when Jim can't find a job. This was after he lost his boxing license, partly because he broke his wrist. During the Depression, unemployment rose to 25%. Due to a lack of work, Jim and his family struggle to survive. They barely have enough money to buy food, much less to buy milk or to pay the mortgage, electricity or gas bills. When Jim and Mae's children get sick, they can't see a doctor or even medicine because they can't afford it. Many others at the time were living in cardboard shacks in the middle of Central Park because they could no longer afford a house. Mae's children felt the times were hard with little money. At one point they were sent to live with some relatives because the situation had become so bad that they could not afford to care for their children. It is often said that children in those days did not have childhoods due to the stress of survival that commonly weighed on their hearts at a young age. More than 200,000 children roamed the country homeless due to parental separation (“Explorations”). Cind...... center of card ......times without husband or wife. With hope and hard work, Jim overcame the Depression, just as we can today. Works Cited Cinderella Man. Dir. Ron Howard. Miramax, 2005. Deutsch, Tracey. "Great Depression." Chicago Encyclopedia. Np, 2005. Web. March 10, 2010. “Explorations: Children and the Great Depression.” Digital history. Np, March 10, 2010. Web. March 10, 2010. “The Human Meaning of the Great Depression.” Digital history. Np, 11 March 2010. Web. 11 March 2010. .Pillsbury, Brent. "Chapter 11 The Thirties and the Great Depression." United States History, Period 7. Feb. 22. 2010.