How does the setting of the great depression affect the characters' actions in "no gumption"?

"No Gumption" happens during the Great Depression, Russell Baker is eight years old, he and his mother has scarce resources and face many issue due to the time, for this reason her mother wants his to start a career in business, she gets a job selling newspaper for him, however, baker does not want to do it, her actions are influenced for the difficult times they are passing by.

they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

explanation:

if they were going to steal the answers that is simply because they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

there is no passage.