... by her boss leads him to an assault on the man and thirty days in jail. Released without money, he returns to his family evicted from their home and Ona dying in childbirth. (Rideout, 33) From the start, we felt that the working-class immigrants of Chicago know that they are trapped in ... 111) Then a terrible blizzard hits the city, and Jurgis injures his ankle at the plant. The company doctor looks at it and tells him to go home; that is the end of his job, since Durham and Company is not responsible for the injury. After this, the lives of Jurgis and Ona fall apart ... ears that have...

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... a job and he had part of the American dream so he was fine. Jurgis and Ona finally marry. Yet, the wedding puts them in debt. Ona finds a job in the canning department. She was overjoyed because all day long she would see starving and poor people come to the stockyards with no jobs available. Jurgis was determined that his family would ... becomes sausages. The companies sell diseased meats to American households. Diseased meat is put with the other meats for packing so many go unchecked. One night Ona does not come home. She informs Jurgis that Connor, her boss, had raped her and threa...

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• Grade Level: High School

... that was old and decrepit to Jurgis's family, having them sign a contract that they did not understand. The agent made no mention of interest on the amount owing for the home, nor did either of the two lawyers that Jurgis and his family consulted. After months of Jurgis's family struggling to meet payments, the agent evicted the family and sold the ... home again, to a new family. Every time Jurgis dared to hope that success was obtainable, another pitfall would spring up and send him further into poverty. The American Dream, of fair ... to the exploitation of the consumers. Jurgis an...

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• Grade Level: High School