he got locked in a room at work, and was eaten by rats.
Marija told Jurgis that she didn't blame him and would help him find a job.
He was told that Marija cut her hand and it became so badly infected that it may have to be amputated.
Ona told Jurgis that she had been working late at the factory when she did not come home one night in "The Jungle". However, she was actually at a secret meeting with Marija and Elzbieta discussing labor union activities.
Jurgis didn't take action against the agent immediately, as he was focused on finding work. However, later in the story, he confronts the real estate agent, but the agent denies any wrongdoing, leading to a violent altercation between them.
Jurgis' boss was a state organizer and speaker for the Socialist Party.
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The full passage is: He lived again through that day of horror when he had discovered Ona's shame--God, how he had suffered, what a madman he had been! How dreadful it had all seemed to him; and now, today, he had sat and listened, and half agreed when Marija told him he had been a fool! Yes--told him that he ought to have sold his wife's honor and lived by it!--And then there was Stanislovas and his awful fate--that brief story which Marija had narrated so calmly, with such dull indifference! The poor little fellow, with his frostbitten fingers and his terror of the snow--his wailing voice rang in Jurgis's ears, as he lay there in the darkness, until the sweat started on his forehead. This reading passage is an example of which element of the story plot? central conflict
The author used a sympathetic and tender tone towards little Stanislovas as he told Jurgis about the struggles and hardships faced by the family. There was an underlying sense of compassion and empathy in the author's portrayal of Stanislovas.
Jurgis told Teta Elzbieta and Ona that he would find a job to support the family and contribute towards their expenses. He also promised to work hard and ensure that they would have a better life in America.
Jurgis told Teta Elzbieta and Ona that he would find a job and work hard to provide for the family. He promised to take on any work available to support them in their new life in America.
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A frame story is simply a story told within a story. A classic example of this is Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The novel begins with the main character telling his story, the story is then told--this is the main body of the work, and then returns to the telling of the story at the end of the book. Ethan Frome is an example of this as well.