l Packingtown. After attacking the boss of his wife for making her
             sleep with him, Jurgis is put in jail for a month. While in Jail the family has been evicted
             from there home and is living in a run-down boardinghouse. When Jurgis returns home
             he finds his wife in premature labor, and in the process of giving birth the child and her.
             Jurgis disappears on a drinking binge. With the help of a wealthy woman who takes and
             interest in the family, Jurgis finds a job at a steel mill. He is renewed in hope dedicating
             himself to Antanas, "his son." But Jurgis is distroyed when he discovers that Antanas has
             drown in the mud-logged street. Jurgis then abandons the rest of the family and
             disappears. After years of wondering from job to job, being injured, and being put back
             in jail for a month, Jurgis wonders into a socialist political rally. The speech the orator
             delivers inspires Jurgis, and he joins the socialist party. He gets a job in a socialist-run
             hotel and is reunited with a member of is family. The book ends with Jurgis h
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