How does the setting of the Great Depression affect the characters' actions in "No Gumption"?

It makes Russell want to be president.

It makes Russell decide he wants to be a garbage man.

It makes Russell have "no gumption."

It makes Russell's mother determined that he will have a better life.

It makes Russell's mother determined that he will have better life.

The setting of the Great Depression affects the characters' actions in "No Gumption" because It makes Russell's mother determined that he will have a better life.

Explanation:

"No Gumption" by Russell Baker is the story of a little eight year old boy who lives in the time of the great depression, which causes his mother to be over him making him sell paper that he does not want to sell, so he would have a better future, that represents the plot and the tone of the story which is directly affected by the social an economic events in that time.