Jurgis feels disenchanted on account of his financial inability to save his wife and child and takes to drinking when visiting rural America. Soon the family finds itself in a boarding house with Ona having another child on the way which takes the life of both, the mother as well as the child. However, when he wins his release, he finds his family on the roads after their eviction from the house. Jurgis becomes aware of his wife’s behavior and when he comes to know this betrayal in the family, he injures Connor, the exploiting boss of Ona, but faces arrest and is thrown behind the bars for this criminal act.

Ona has become a victim of workplace harassment at the hands of her boss Connor who blackmails to fire her if she doesn’t sleep with him. Instead of compensating, the company lays him off and doesn’t rehire him. Soon Jurgis also finds himself sacked, as he was left jobless because of the injury he faced at the workplace. Kristoforas, son of Elzbieta and stepbrother of Ona is another victim who dies of food poisoning, while Jonas, brother of Elzbieta disappears from the scene leaving the family in a vulnerable condition. The first such catastrophe is the father of Jurgis who becomes the victim of the dirty conditions in the meatpacking industry and dies due to the lung infection. Physical strength and morality soon leave them, making catastrophes hitting them through accidents and other problems. It becomes inevitable for everyone in the family to work since the house they have leased comes with additional expenses which they have to pay everything month or face eviction. Soon she becomes a victim of con men, while both waste their money in their efforts to purchase a house. Brown, Jurgis thinks that his dream of working with freedom in the United States has rather crashed on the ground, for his better half, too, is struggling with him to make both ends meet. While working in the slaughterhouse of Mr. Not knowing English and living in the stockyards in the suburb of Chicago rather become their drawbacks in that they are unable to find respectable work except laboring in the meatpacking industry. Now, struggling to find some work in the Chicago suburbs. They fall into enormous debt because of the lavish wedding. The novel presents the story of Jurgis Rudkus who arrives in America from Lithuania with his new bride Ona Lukoszaite and his extended family for a better future and freedom.

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