In chapter 6, Jurgis and his family meet their neighbor, Grandmother Majauszkiene who explains to the family that when buying or renting houses, people can cheat you for your money. The family learns that they have to pay interest on their house, which in turn, makes it harder for the family to pay for their rent.
Grandmother Majauskiene explained that she came to Packingtown when the workforce was mainly German. She went on to say that the Irish took over the Germans' place and that currently, the Slovaks have taken over the place the Irish were in.
Also, Ona gets a job where she sews covers on hams in a cellar.
Overall, this chapter goes over the fact that people are often cheated on for money or other factors. However, it's also important to try and work with what you have in order to obtain the things that you want or don't have.
I like how you explained what was going on and how you brought up the struggle of being cheated of money because they were immigrants. Nice Job!
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DeleteI like how you pointed you that they were going to need to work with what they had. This was going to important for them to learn because while things started out going very well for them, it was not always going to be easy for them. They would continue to struggle and be cheated and they would need to adjust to bouncing back from it.
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