Which is a conflict colin faces in the novel. a. he must strugglle against mary for his father's affection. b. he struggles within himself to become the kind of person whom others will like. c. he struggles to accept the loss of his mother at a young age. d. he must strugglle against dickon for marys affection

The great depression, which lasted throughout the 1930s in the united states, affected many people, and it had a devastating impact on an entire subset of the u.s. population. modernist writer john steinbeck wrote about the toll the depression took on these families, many of whom were forced to leave their farms and find other sources of income.