The Jungle

In Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, what payment does Grandmother Majauszkiene say was not explained to the immigrants when they purchased the house?

Asked by bookragstutor on 28 Nov 08:47

Last updated by anonymous on 03 Jan 16:12

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Answered by MHood2 on 03 Jan 16:12

They don't realize that when they pay the downpayment, that there will be additional monthly payments expected. The entire scam that the seller has going is that he gets huge downpayments from the immigrants, then when they don't make the first month's payment, he evicts them and takes another huge downpayment from yet another immigrant family.