Question

''A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s'', state the author's purpose and explain your answer?

Answer 1

The purpose behind the author's writing of the story was to entertain the reader.

We need to understand why stories are written.

Why stories are written?

• The main purpose behind a writer's story is to entertain it's reader.
• Although this story gives us an idea of the Great Depression time and increases our knowledge about history, yet the main purpose of writing a story is always to entertain the reader.
• Hence, we can say that the purpose of the author was to entertain.