American Hollow shows the life of Iree Bowling, the matriarch of a families who lives deep in the hollow of Kentucky. She and her family survive with the help of monthly welfare checks from the government. Iree and Bass have 13 children and grandparents to 34 grandchildren. Iree was afraid to go to school because her father always abused her mother, so she sometimes stays home to watch over her mother. It also seems that some of the men in the families abuse their wives. Many of the men have left the area to try to …show more content…
She and her family has been in Tallahatchie County for a long time. Laura had to raise her grandchildren while her children were gone. She struggled to earn money by cooking lunches for people working in the local cotton factories. Some men in the families were either killed or left the families. Mr. Barnes is struggling to remove from the probation from the school, so the state can't take over by improving the test scores. Granny tried to keep her grade up, but she had too much responsibility. Mr. Barnes eventually got the school off probation and brought the score up to 2 points. Granny move in with her grandfather and her grades