uccumbs to "all the diseases that babies are heir to," and is left without a smile:
             At night he was tied down, lest he should kick the covers off him, while the family lay in their stupor of exhaustion. He would lie and scream for
             hours, almost in convulsions: and then, when he was worn out, he would
             lie whimpering and wailing in his torment. (138-139)
             This particular passage hit me in the heart because Antanas is the character that brightens up the book, and to see him suffering is hard to bear. When Jurgis is put in jail for defending the rape of Ona, he is left with thoughts from the pa
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