Anne bradstreet's use of plain language and her focus on practical themes a. reflect her religious belief in humility before god. b. detract from the effectiveness of her poetry. c. were unusual for a puritan poet. d. did not reflect her religious zeal.

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.