Chapter 28

Prompt 1

      Most foreigners were taken advantage of from the moment they got to America. Close to all of them couldn't speak English, or spoke very little, so it was easy for them to be tricked. One example would be in the very beginning of the book when Jurgis and the family are tricked into staying in a very pricey hotel since they couldn't read anything.

      We learn this chapter, that Marijia and the others who work for the Madame were all being taken advantage of greatly. All of the girls were addicted to one thing or another, so the Madame would provide them with it, but for that they were all in her debt and had to work for her. That must've been horrible to go through, and what's even worse is that they couldn't really get out of that once they were in. Most of them were pretty young, yet their lives were practically wasted away.