... recognize this dilemma preferring this class of people remain invisible while providing the benefits of their labor. Yonnondio: From The Thirties speaks, in narrative form, to the inability of the silenced poor to individually rise above the overwhelming obstacles of a capitalistic society and suggest collective efforts as an attempt to remedy this ill of capitalism. Yonnondio is set in the twenties; however, Tillie Olsen describes this book as "a novel of ... time" (Olsen 64). It is here that Olsen encourages collective action to remedy the stifling effect of poverty in a capitalist ec...

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