A Horrible Business (Chapter 28)

In this chapter you get a look behind the scenes at what happens in the Brothels. Girls are kidnapped and drugged. At this point, they are either to high or passed out and get raped. Some of the women are their because it is all they can do to support their family, like Marija. It is a horrible and cruel life that people are forced into. At the end of the Chapter Jurgis goes to a political meeting, and hears views about how the Socialist party can help rid of the problems of the packing industry.

Reunited Family (Chapter 27)

In this chapter Jurgis doesn't leave town. He can't find a job and begs for food all the time. He finds that Marija is now a prostitute to support the family. She said that if Jurgis had let Ona be a Prostitute that she could have taken care of the family. This is because Jurgis would never have gone to jail, and the never would have been blacklisted. They would have continued their life, and kept making house payments and eventually gotten by.

The Scab (Chapter 26)

Jurgis's job is now to help the packing plants keep running. When a strike happens Jurgis goes to Mike Scully and asks what he should do. Scully tells him to keep working, and that he needs to wait for another political position because he is now known as a Republican. Jurgis eventually gets promoted. During the strike Jurgis can't leave the yards, so food, beer, and prostitutes are brought in. Jurgis goes to sleep with one of the prostitutes and runs into Connor again. He attacks Connor, but Connor is high on mike Scullies list of helpers. The pay Jurgis' bail, but take his money to do so, and tell him to leave town.

A Life of Crime (Chapter 25)

In this chapter Jurgis begins to mug people in this chapter Him and Jack Duane do so near a bar were they pay the owner to not report them. Jack Duane eventually introduces Jurgis to a politician who pays Jurgis to help him gather votes,

The Other Side (Chapter 24)

In this chapter, Jurgis gets to see what the wealthy live like. Freddie has a massive wad of cash on him. Jurgis thinks about stealing it, but decides not to. Freddie hands Jurgis $100 and they go to Freddie's house. The Butler doesn't like Jurgis, and as soon as Freddie falls asleep, kicks Jurgis out.

The Return (Chapter 23)

After Jurgis returns he find work helping build a subway. He rents a house to stay in and avoids his family. One day, he is hit by a rail car and wakes up in the hospital with a broken arm. He is now out of work and needs to beg for money. He also bar hops to stay war in the winters.

Followed by Guilt (Chapter 22)

Jurgis ran from home and started to live like a tramp. He enjoyed not answering to anyone and having no responsibility. He also enjoys not having to save money. One night, he goes into a town and stays with a prostitute. He wakes up the next morning feeling guilty. He tries to shake his guilty conscience but can't and eventually realizes that he has wrong his family in leaving.

No Heroes Here (Chapter 21)

You always hear stories of people risking there lives to save others. In the case of Jurgis and the steel mill, that is not the case. You could lose your life or job way to easily trying to save others. They just avoided helping people who it was already to late, or even if they could save them, but there was too much risk.

A Great Job... or Not (Chapter 20)

In this chapter, Jurgis fnds work at Harvester Truck. They take extremely good care of the employees and have a really nice facility. At the end though, the season dies down and Harvester Truck shuts down until further notice.

Two More Bottles of Wine (Chapter 19)

The person in this song and Jurgis have one thing in common, they drink away there problems.

Released (Chapter 18)

When Jurgis got out of Jail he was at first given wrong directions. Then someone helped him get to town, but he had to walk all the way home, just to find his house had been sold. This must have been crushing to see his family lost all of there hard earned work.

Swindlers of Millions (Chapter 17)

The men in jail where their because they had stole so that they may survive another day. They did what they felt necessary in order to eat another meal. The "Swindlers and thieves of millions were the bosses and owners of the factories who abused the workers to make millions. These bosses were worse than the thieves in jail, they just were able to mask their horrible acts with their money.

The Anguish of Regret (Chapter 16)

Jurgis is now in jail in this chapter. At first, he doesn't care about it, he is happy that the boss is in the hospital. But as he thinks on these things the tragedy of his situation hits him. He has abandoned his family. They now don't have the means to feed themselves, or pay for the house. He realizes the impact this has on his family and is filled with regret. He has nothing to do in jail as these thoughts continue to torture him. they well up and build inside of him until he his filled with anguish about what he did.

The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back (Chapter 15)

The workers are constantly getting abused. The bosses and people who own the mills don't care one bit about their workers. They have abused Jurgis and their family in the work place, and in this chapter we found out about more horrible crimes. Ona's boss has sexually abused her, and Jurgis was enraged. Ona feared saying anything because she new Jurgis would kill him, and be in jail cause of it, as well as that the boss would make it so they couldn't have jobs. He attacked the boss and end's up being arrested. I honestly can't blame Jurgis because my actions would be the same if this happened to my family.

A Charged Issue: Children in Cobalt Mines (Chapter 14)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cobalt-children-mining-democratic-republic-congo-cbs-news-investigation/

This website is news coverage by CBS of the discovery of Children working in Cobalt Mines in the Congo. In The Jungle we see some of the young kids in the family, down to age 10, have to leave school to get work in order to help provide for the family. The kids in these cobalt mines do the same. The working conditions for the kids in these mines is intense manual labor, just like many of the jobs at the meat packing plants. The kids at the cobalt mine also get beat, or fired if they aren't "working hard enough".

That's the Worst (Chapter 13)

https://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/2018-worst-jobs?page=0

The worst job rated on this website is a taxi driver. I would fully agree. Taxi drivers don't make much money, have to deal with horrible traffic, and passengers can be annoying. The market is also disappearing with Uber and Lyft now around.

A Rough Spot (Chapter 12)

Jurgis gets injured and has to abandon work to heal. This puts lots of strain on the family. Two more kids are pulled from school to work and sell news papers to help raise money and pay expenses. It also put emotional strain on the family as he became distant, and would beat the kids. It cause an huge struggle for the family to survive.

Workers Strike (Chapter 11)

This movie clip is from Ocean's 13, they strike on a dice factory to get high wages and better working conditions. In the first couple of pages it explains how the factory owner drove down wages. Marija goes on a strike, which is quickly shut down because of threats to bring in new workers. She also has a problem at the bank that makes her have to withdraw all of her money from the bank.

A Money Problem (Chapter 10)

Living in a society where talking about money could get you in trouble would be harsh. The fact that if the wrong ears heard it you could get fired, or make less money, or be forced to work more for the same pay would be hard. It would also be hard always living from pay check to pay check, never having anything to fall back on in case of disaster, especially the common one of losing a job. This life style that Jurgis and the family faces everyday does not sound fun.

A Corrupt Buisness (Chapter 9)

The business men used any means they could to make more money, some of which were very cruel. They had no care for the people who worked for them, and abused them every time they could. Some examples were never cleaning the slaughterhouses, causing unsanitary conditions. They also worked the men through injury or being so tired.

Working for the Church (Chapter 8)

In the factories the would only get paid for an hour if they worked the full hour. They also would lose an hour's pay if they were one minute late. On top of this, the people would have to stand around waiting for work, and they wouldn't get paid for that either. I can relate to this with a job I had two summers ago. We were building tarps for wheat and pea trucks. Towards the end of the summers I would have to sit around, and eventually would get sent home because we had no work. The person this affect the most was Marija because of the lack of work, her canning factory shut down.

Another! (Chapter 7)

This meme is fitting because it talks about what the employers did to a sick or injured employee. The would feel like Thor's cup. Thrown out and their lifestyle shattered because the no longer had a income.

Kids at Work (Chapter 6)

My opinion on kids working in the factories is that they shouldn't be. The kids need to have an education and enjoy playing with other kids, not working. It also impairs the society as a whole, because our next generation is not being brought up in way to futher our country. They won't have a education to help them make new discoveries and invent new technologies that help the future of the country as a whole.

On the Job (Chater 5)

Getting a job was valuable to Jurgis. It meant his family was going to be able to live in america. It was the goal of Jurgis's life. He had to work hard in order to keep his job though. For the people that don't it means starvation for their family. They could also lose their home.

Jurgis Job (Chapter 4)

Jurgis was so excited to be making 17 and a half cents, because it gave him a way to provide for his family without having to have everyone work. He was able to have Ona and Teta Elzbieta stay home and take care of the house. His job was to sweep up entrails in to a bin, and make sure it stayed closed so no one fell in. If I were in Jurgis's spot I would be happy that I could provide for my family. It must have made him happy to take care of his people.

Zombie Worker (Chapter 3)

An Unknown Language (Chapter 2)

When Jurgis and his family moved to America they went to go to Chicago because they new someone their. They came across some serious issues as to how to get their, the main one being that they don't know the language. The only word the knew in English was Chicago, which was enough for them to get to the city, but cost them a lot along the way. Once their they couldn't communicate, and wandered the streets till the police helped them, and found a translator. They continued to wander the streets until they found their friends, because they couldn't read the signs, and were excited to be able to speak to people once they did arrive at were their Lithuania Friends were.

The Veseliya (Chapter 1)

The Veseliya is a ritual dance held at a wedding. The guests create a ring and the bride is in the middle. The guest take turns dancing with the bride; and when they are done, they give a small amount of money to the family to help them start their life and pay for the parties expenses, about $300. In The Jungle Jurgis and Ona don't have enough to come close to paying the party, much less take some home. Many guests eat the meal, and drink to their hearts content, then leave before the Veseliya. Jurgis now will have to work extra to help pay for the party, and support his family. This creates much stress for Jurgis as the cost of the party is more than a years wages for most people.

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My name is Zach. I'm going to be blogging about The Jungle.