... production and circulation of the capitalist system. However, the summer turns cold and Jurgis's lifestyle is reeled back to industrial Chicago. While it is true that natural forces are at play in necessitating Jurgis's return, the transition reveals that wage labor as occupied by Jurgis and other proletariats is not in fact voluntary, but rather dictated by what Sinclair pejoratively states ... ...

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... , don't want to risk their livelihood by being associated with "left wing conspirators."" (Rios, 6) The most vulnerable sweatshop workers of all, are children. To grow healthy, children need time to play, education to learn, and good nutrition. They are deprived of these basic needs. However a lot of times if they don't work, the families won't have enough money to afford the ... ...

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