... , which is in their budget, three hundred dollars down and a twelve-dollar monthly payment. It is considered a rental they go to a lawyer and asks what that really means, that the house is called a rental to make it easier to evict people who fail to make the monthly payments and he finds out everything will be okay. In chapter five, they settle ... three days to his stay because he is lacking money to pay for the trial. Once he is released he realizes his family doesn't live in their house anymore, he goes to the boarding house they were first at to find them. He finds out they have bee...

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• Grade Level: High School

... against the meat packing plants and food preparation industry, and in fact, the novel did cause President Theodore Roosevelt to push the Pure Food and Drug Bill out of the House committee and into everyday practice. The packers tried to defend themselves and fight back, but were beat down with solid evidence. While this was good news for the nations, it ... the inspector so he doesn't see. The more animals the packers can kill, the more money for them. Who cares about health?! There are many men packed into the packing house each performing different jobs. None of the men are clean, nor...

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• Grade Level: High School

... true; Jurgis comes to America and meets Ona, the daughter of a rich man. When her father dies, Ona becomes available, and Jurgis struggles for a long time to earn money for a house and marriage. When this finally happens, in spite of the swindlers and desperate conditions inPackingtown? Chicago, the future seems bright for these young people. Jurgis and his family are still ... , of course; Jurgis gets another job, this time in a fertilizer plant. For him, the plant issteaming pit of hell,? but he is determined to survive and hold on to his house and family, even on the miserable low wag...

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• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School