The image of a woman with her two children shows that not all families are the stereotypical family with two parents and that responsibilities are confused with roles of type. The tired eyes, wrinkled skin and aged face illustrate the struggles a woman faces, physically and emotionally, for her family. It shows the individual value of being a woman, as she is not only the guardian of her children but also the provider of their needs, which is generally a male responsibility that she performs, even though many men could not provide for their needs. families who lost everything they had. A woman in this era is expected to stay with her children and make her home a refuge, and she has been deprived of the ability to do so due to the need to become a migrant. The image suggests emotional responses with economy, as during the Depression there were some families who were not badly affected and at least had a solid roof over their heads, food to eat, and clothes to keep them covered. This image portrays a clear distinction of social class issues in the United States during that time, and “Migrant Mother” shows people what the life of a migrant worker from a poor family would really be like during times of crisis. It shows that the Depression was a systematic failure in the political, economic, and social spheres, and that poor pea pickers are suffering from something they didn't cause. Their living government in the image shows that they were given no political or economic help by a failing government. The pea crop was frozen; there was no work. There was no opportunity for prosperity and success, no possibility of upward social mobility for children, there was no land where life was better and richer for all. This was not the American dream that everyone thinks about when they grow up, because this was a crisis that left the entire world shocked