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.