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Chapter 78 Summary
"War Speeds Up," is the headline of the February 9, 1943 edition of The Weems Weekly. Dot writes that her husband is working overtime at the railroad. Everyone in the steel and iron industry is working overtime. Idgie and Ruth have planted a victory garden and Idgie says Sipsey has grown butterbeans the size of silver dollars. Dwayne Glass gets married before leaving for the war and he faints at his own wedding.
Chapter 78 Analysis
The effect of the Second World War on small town America can be seen in this chapter. With so many men away, women and the men left behind must pick up the slack. Wilbur and the other railroad workers are working overtime and Idgie and Ruth plant a victory garden. Women across the country planted these gardens to grow their own food during the war.
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