How does the family change when Rex loses his job

When Rex loses his job, the family falls apart. Rex, unworried about the family's situation, plays prospector. As a result, the family has very little to eat, and his children are forced to scavenge food from neighbors. Jeannette steals food from her classmates’ lunch boxes at recess. Brian gets caught stealing a jar of pickles from a neighbor, who makes him eat the entire jar until he is sick. One evening, Rose Mary gets angry at Jeannette for eating the last stick of butter and when Jeannette defends her actions, saying that she was hungry, Rose Mary begins to cry and confesses that she doesn’t like living in poverty either. That night, Rex and Rose Mary get into a rowdy fight which draws all their neighbors out to listen to them fight.