" wasn't enough, Ona was also threatened and sexually harassed by her boss, Conner, but was powerless to do anything for fear of losing her job. So, ultimately, it was the system that made it okay for the bosses to treat Ona so cruelly, and it was also the system that kept her from protesting or speaking out. The extra time that Ona had to spend outside of work due to the prostitution ring and her boss had kept her coming home once in awhile and this worried Jurgis. As a result of Ona's truancy in coming home, Jurgis found out that Ona had slept with her boss. The enraged Jurgis then set out to kill the boss that had taken advantage of his wife, but only succeeding in falling victim to the system once again, for Jurgis was put into jail for attacking Ona's boss. The boss had been wrong to take advantage of Ona, which caused Jurgis to act against the system and nearly kill Ona's boss. While they were both wrong, Jurgis is the only one being punished due to the unfair ways of the system. As punishment, Jurgis did time in prison and was blacklisted, which meant that he could never get a job in the stockyards again. The loss of the Rudkus family's house is, yet, another example of how the family continues to be the prey of the system. Soon after the family bought the house, they discovered that there were many hidden costs that they had missed due to there inferior knowledge of the new land and it's language. Hidden costs included interest on the house due to the debt they owed, insurance that was to be renewed yearly, and the family also had to pay for any damages to the house on their own, such as plumbing problems. Since most of the adults could not work for different reasons, they relied heavily on the children to go out and sell papers to earn money. The children earned very little, and the family could barely buy enough food as well as make the house payments! So as a result of the system, which deceived the Rudkus family ...
