Emma was asked to volunteer at the senior center after school a few times a week. She was reluctant to do so because even though she loves seeing her own grandparents, she views the elderly as old-fashioned, senile, and embittered. Emma’s stereotypes of the elderly were most likely learned from:

fir trees are found in areas with cooler climates. fir trees have needles for leaves and remain green year-round.

apart from being against desegregation, governor of georgia eugene talmadge opposed as well to the work progress administration, an ambitious program of the "new deal" created by president franklin d. roosevelt to overcome the great depression after world war i. talmadge disagreed with welfare spending, job training and organized labor. according to his ideas, he thought the government was spending too much money on this, and he wasn't willing to accept a wage higher than georgia's lower average wage. besides, talmadge strongly opposed to the "new deal" as he thought it had communist ideas.