lue Factory. By this time he has taken to drinking and has started to move further and further away from his family.After the birth of her first son, Antanas, Ona soon becomes pregnant again. She becomes very upset, but will not tell Jurgis why. After she fails to come home one night, Jurgis confronts her. She breaks into tears and tells Jurgis that a foreman named Connor forced a sexual relationship on her. Jurgis curses and runs off to find Connor.After beating Connor to a pulp, Jurgis is sent to jail for 30 days. The judge refuses to listen to his story seriously. While in jail, Stanislovas comes to give Jurgis some news. He lets Jurgis know that the house payment is unpaid, and no one has a job anymore. When Jurgis is released, he finds out that his family has moved into an even poorer neighborhood, and Ona is in labor at that very moment. Due to his current lack of funds, Jurgis finds a Dutch lady to deliver his child for $1.25. Even with the help of the Dutch lady, neither the baby, nor Ona, who went into labor two months early, survives. Jurgis pulls himself together for the sake of Antanas and gets a job. Following one day of work, Jurgis is let go because they say they do not need him anymore. Jurgis realizes that people will not hire because of what he did to Connor. So, Jurgis works on and off downtown earning little money. He finally finds a job a steel mill through Elzbieta’s son. He burns his hand one day and has to miss some work. He gets to spend some good time with his son. He then returns to work. On his return home one day from work, he gets some horrible news. Antanas has drowned in the mud-filled street. Jurgis gives up on Packingtown and his family. He hops aboard a passing train, and leaves Chicago. Jurgis enjoys a “hobo” life, wandering across the country. When winter comes, he is forced to return to Chicago. He is drinking extremely heavily. While begging and wandering through...
