rgis sprains his ankle and cannot work for many months. When he returns, his job has not been saved and therefore he spends his days looking for new work, unsuccessfully. Also, Ona gives birth to a baby that becomes the love of Jurgiss life. Old man Antanas dies from the cough along with one of Marijas crippled babies. The violin player, Tamoszuis and Onas stepmother, Teta Elzbieta fall in love, but do not have enough money to get married. In the second part of the book, Jurgiss life gets turned upside down. After the birth of her first son, Ona gets pregnant again. One night, she becomes very upset, but will not tell Jurgis why. One night she does not come home and Jurgis wants to know why. She breaks into tears and tells Jurgis that a foreman named Connor had forced her into a sexual relationship with him. She begs Jurgis not to do anything about it. Connor is a very powerful man and he could easily ruin the family. Jurgis is too mad to care, he yells at her and runs off to find Connor. Jurgis finds Connor and beats him severely; he is then thrown in jail for thirty days. The judge is not very kind to Jurgis and does not let him off easy. When Jurgis is released, he finds that his family has moved to an even poorer neighborhood, and Ona is in labor at that very moment. Neither the baby, nor Ona, who went into labor very early, survive. Jurgis was not allowed to see her while he was in jail, and he is totally ruined when he comes home and she is half dead. Jurgis realizes that he must pull himself together and he gets a job for the sake of his son. When his son, Antanas, drowns in the mud-filled street, Jurgis gives up on his present life. He leaves Packingtown and his family by climbing aboard a train. He has no idea where he is going.He gets off the train in a pasture. He has nowhere to go and nothing to do. Jurgis enjoys his hobo life, doing nothing but wandering across the country. He enjoys ne...
