r and march out openly, staring at you and making fun
             of you to your face. Still others, worse yet, would crowd about the bar, and at the expense of the
             host drink themselves sodden, paying not the least attention to any one, and leaving it to be thought
             that either they had danced with the bride already, or meant to later on."
             On the whole, however, the wedding gave new hope for the future. Hope that Lithuanian
             traditions could survive in America and hope that diligence and hard work would allow
             this family to survive and prosper. Jurgis tells us this with his very attitude. He is ready
             to take on America because he believes that hard work is the only thing that matters in a
             "Leave it to me; leave it to me. I will earn more money- I will work harder."
             In the third chapter of the Jungle we are introduced to a meat packing plant where
             pigs are being slaughtered so that they can be turned into
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