Prompt 1
I think Jurgis was very confused by the young, rich man who was VERY drunk. After they had talked, the man (Freddie Duane) decided to take Jurgis to his house. This house was like a mansion; when Jurgis walked inside, he was very alarmed by all of the expensive things inside of it. All of his life he had never experienced that kind of luxury, so I imagine he must've felt a little bit jealous. Freddie ended up giving Jurgis $100 cash, which was shortly followed by the butler kicking Jurgis out.When Jurgis arrived back in Chicago, he went to a saloon to have his $100 broken into smaller bills. So, the bartender said that if he bought a drink he would. Jurgis did that, but the bartender only gave him a small amount of change. This caused a bar-fight, which led to Jurgis being arrested... again.
I feel so bad for Jurgis. He only wants his life to get better but it doesn't seem to be. Being played out of his money isn't right and it probably happened to a lot of people back then.
ReplyDeleteI agree he was probably a lotta jealous
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