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with his cell mate, Jack Duane. Jack claims to be an educated man from the East.

His father committed suicide after his business failed. Jack claims that a big

company later cheated him out of a lucrative invention. After his misfortunes,

Jack became a safe-breaker. Before his trial, Jack gives Jurgis his mistress’s

address and encourages him to seek his help should the need arise. Jurgis’s

trial is a farce. Kotrina and Teta Elzbieta attend it. Connor and several

witnesses testify that Conner fired Ona fairly, and Jurgis attacked him for

revenge. Jurgis tells his side of the story through an interpreter, but the

judge is not sympathetic. He sentences Jurgis to thirty days in prison. Jurgis

begs for clemency because his family will starve, but the judge remains firm. In

Bridewell, Jurgis and the other prisoners spend the greater portion of their

time breaking stone. He writes a postcard to his family to let them know where

he is. Ten days later Stanislovas visits to tell him that he, Ona, Marija, and

Teta Elzbieta have all lost their jobs. They are unable to pay rent or buy food.

Marija is suffering blood poisoning because she cut her hand at work. Ona lies

in bed, crying all day. Teta Elzbieta’s sausage factory shut down. Stanislovas

lost his job after a snowstorm prevented him from going to work for three days.

No one can obtain other jobs because they are too sick and weak and because

Conner is scheming to prevent them. Stanislovas asks if Jurgis can help them.

Jurgis has no more than fourteen cents to give. Kotrina, Stanislovas, and the

children earn money selling papers. Their only other income comes through

begging. Commentary Packingtown is full of predators. Connor, empowered through

his criminal connections, violates the marriage bond between Jurgis and Ona. No

individual really has the power to fight for themselves. Marija tried to fight

for her full wages only to be fired. Ona cannot afford to reject Connor’s

advances because he has the power to ruin her family. The wage laborer is

systematically crippled and silenced by the power structure enabled by

capitalism. Jurgis’s attack on Connor would be perfectly justified according to

the values of the American reading public. A man has violated his wife against