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I agree with Chris Votava's lecture 11 response. "Rain for the Earth" gave a more hopeful message and is therefore more likely to improve the spirits of America than "The Plow that Broke the Plains." Not only does this film cheer up the people still living on the plains, but is also a better attempt to get help for these people. The film portrays the plains people as hard working, hopeful, strong individuals whom will do anything to take care of the livestock they have left. "Rain for the Earth" makes the people that left the plains look like they simply gave up while there are people of "stronger stuff" still trying to make it work on the plains. If I was well off during the great depression I would probably be more likely to give my money to the people on the plains who stuck it out than the people that left. After all, "The Plow that Broke the Plains" already tells the public that the families that left are being taken care of in California. In my opinion a better way to take care of the people forced to leave their homes would have been to send relief crews to provide help directly to these people. Most of these families already didn't have enough money to provide food for their families, much less travel all the way to California from places like Kansas and Oklahoma.