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The jungle chapter 2 notes - Coggle Diagram
The jungle chapter 2 notes
Jurgis childhood
From rural area of Lithuania
Young and powerfully built
Never been to a city in his life
family consisted of 12 counting extended family
Ona childhood
Her father died
Spoke of leaving to america
had siblings
Family in debt
Lost their farm
Jurgis in chapter 2
Never expected to get married
worked for months to save money
Told stories about what happens to people in Chicago stockyards
Promises to go to Packingtown to get a job
Bad working condtions
Talks about working conditons
Barely livable wages
"Much of the land surrounding the stockyards is "made land" or filled dumps where buildings have now been constructed".
" it was enough to make your flesh creep"
People all the immigrants
"Their unfamiliar cultural practices were regarded as a threat to American Culture".
"Sinclair emphasizes that immigrants share a great many social values with the American reading public".
Difference in cultures languages but trying to come together