The Jungle

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bought but ended up having to pay rent and put the family way behind. Business slowed down at the meat industry and many accidents occurred like having to pay for a lawyer because of the constant mindset that he and his family were being conned out of money, paying for household items, the rent, and small odd and end things that took Jurgis by surprise. After Jonas’ and Kristoforas’ death, Jurgis becoming injured with his ankle and falling ill, Ona becoming ill and dying from child birth with Jurgis’ baby son, and Marija losing her job at the canning factory, money began to run low and the family was tossed into the streets. These were the things that happened to low income families at the beginning of the century.
Another one of the reasons for the creation of this novel was to make the world aware of the schemes the meat packing industry was pulling. There were state inspectors that checked the meat but the observations were poorly done. People would talk to the inspector so ...

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