Prompt 1
So, in this chapter, we see Jurgis abandon the rest of his family once Antanas dies because he drowned. He hops aboard a train car, and leaves for the countryside outside of Chicago. Once he starts wandering, he gets offered multiple jobs by various farmers, declining them all. He only wants a job that will provide him money all year; he just wanted a stable job.
After he had been roaming for a while, he decided to just be a tramp. So, until the next fall (I believe), he walked around the countryside, begged, stole, and worked. Once he had been doing it for a while, he ran into some other men who had been living the same lifestyle that he had. They taught him so tricks and gave him advice: who to beg from, who to steal from, etc. Jurgis enjoyed this sort of life for a while, but after a certain amount of time, he didn't find much joy in it anymore. That's when he decided to go back to Chicago.
No comments:
Post a Comment