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The Jungle Study Guide

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by Upton Sinclair
About 98 pages (29,237 words)
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Chapter 21 Summary

Jurgis cannot find more work, and one night he decides to fight just to get to sleep in the warm police station. The children begin to scour the dump all day to find food that they can eat, and that's the only reason Jurgis does not starve. Jurgis ends up getting another job, but it is two hours away. He secures the job through Elzbieta, who tells a rich young lady her family's plight. The young lady then pressures her fiancé to give Jurgis a job.

Jurgis's two joys during this time are his son, Antanas, and the weekly newspaper he buys in order to practice his reading and learn.....

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