During the day‚ Jurgis and Ona get married in Chicago. All the guests are drunk and have to go back to work in the stockyards. Jurgis and Ona are pissed because Lithuanian tradition is for the guests to chip in and pay for the wedding. But now that they’re in the USA‚ people are damn freeloaders and don’t give them a dime. So Jurgis and Ona are stuck with this big-ass wedding bill. Then the book starts talking about how the two lovebirds met at a fair in Lithuania and fell in love. But they couldn’t
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Task 1 – Compelling Quotes (with parenthetical documentation and explanations) 1. ”When his wife had died‚ Jurgis made for the nearest saloon‚ but he did not do that now‚ though he had his week’s wages in his pocket” (Sinclair 241). The significance behind Jurgis’ actions emphasizes his psychological growth as an individual as he is now able to control his urges in a dire situation. In addition‚ a crucial factor contributing to his self-control is realizing that his last physical remembrance of Ona
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name Jurgis Rudkus who came to America with his new bride Ona and their families. Like all immigrants who come to America hoping to like the America dream he moves his family to America to work in a meatpacking company in Chicago. This story tells of the hardships of Jurgis and his family‚ they encounter a lot of difficulties Starvation and poverty‚ hard and unsafe working conditions‚ crooked businessman who took their money‚ and corrupt politicians who made laws to allow the things that Jurgis went
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fictional character Jurgis Rudkus. Jurgis lives in Chicago in the early 1900’s. He had moved to America from Lithonia in search of a better life. “Jurgis could see all the truth now-could see himself through the whole long course of events‚ the victim of ravenous vultures that had torn into his vitals and devoured him; of fiends that had racked and tortured him‚ mocking him‚ meantime jeering in his face” (Sinclair 177). Since moving to Chicago‚ life was anything but easy for Jurgis and his family.
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07 11/23/12 The Jungle By: Upton Sinclair Ona and Jurgis are getting married and they live in Chicago. They live in Packington which is a city known for their meat packing industry‚ while there they see pins filled with different types of livestock. Tuberculosis is a common disease that is going around during this time‚ and some of the animals are skipped from inspection and continue on into the meat process with this disease. Jurgis is employed in the meat packing factory but starts his
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by Upton Sinclair‚ the main character‚ Jurgis is the hero. He moves from Lithuania to America to give his new wife‚ Ona‚ so that she can live the American dream. Soon after their immigration‚ Ona and Jurgis realized that the USA wasn’t all it was said to be‚ Jurgis still fought and worked hard to give Ona the best life. Some of these things include‚ getting a bad job‚ putting a roof over Ona’s head‚ and always staying strong when bad things happened. Jurgis keeps fighting through his problems throughout
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alienation exposes society’s moral values. Jurgis Rudkins is a Lithuanian immigrant first arrives in America filled with optimism and strongly believes in the American dream. Slowly‚ his optimism dwindles after experiencing the harsh working conditions and corruption of capitalism. As he begins to distance himself from his family‚ he turns to crime and alcohol until eventually deciding to join the socialist movement‚ hoping for a better future. Jurgis is left helpless‚ as the trails build up and
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The Jungle (1906)‚ by Upton Sinclair‚ is a story mainly about the life and turmoil of a man who came to American in hopes that he will become a free‚ rich man with a beautiful wife‚ Ona‚ and happy family; this man is the young Jurgis Rudkus‚ a strong‚ energetic Lithuanian whose personality and life are all changed several times over the coarse of the story. Major usually tragic events that occur in the story serve as catalysts for Jurgis’s dramatic‚ almost upsetting‚ transformations. There were
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the union of Ona Lukoszaite and Jurgis Rudkus‚ two Lithuanian immigrants that moved to Chicago. The wedding seemed to be going good until many of the guests begin taking advantage of the couple. The people leave the wedding without contributing money; they just eat all the food and drink. The bar men also claim that the guests had more alcohol than they really did so the costs of the wedding began to add up to much more than Ona and Jurgis had bargained for. Jurgis promises to make money by getting
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for a new beginning involving a “great” job. The immigrant‚ Jurgis Rudkus‚ comes from a poor family in Lithuania and wants to now support his future wife‚ Ona Lukoszaite by working for a meatpacking factory in Chicago. Jurgis soon realizes that America and its’ people and opportunities are not all that he thought they would be. Sinclair exposes the horrors and disgust that goes on “behind the scenes” in meatpacking industries. Jurgis and Ona were madly in love and wishing and hoping that one day
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