... effected by the fact that several carcasses go unchecked, therefore the meat is spoiled and could get scattered among the rest of the meat preparation for canning and packing. Despite the effect he got from the animals, he accepted the job from Jokubas to work at the slaughterhouse. Jurgis, Jonas and Marija ... a bad cough and frequent episodes of hysterical crying. Winter arrives again, the long work days are at its highest. A few times Ona didn't return home at night, she tells the family she was staying with a friend. She later confesses that Phil Connor, her boss, was continually har...

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... 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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... 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