Prompt 1
Jurgis and his family were barely scraping by. Jurgis' wages went down, Marija's job at the canning factory was on and off until she got fired, and Ona had her baby, so she couldn't work for a while. This was quite unfortunate for them because it's not like any of their expenses went down just because they were in a slump. And what's really sad is that Marija got fired because she spoke up since she felt like she was being cheated out of money. The employer then decided to fire her for that.
If I had to live like that, I would be devastated. Not knowing if I'll have enough money to give my family another meal would be frightening. If I had a family I had to take care of, I would want a stable job that I know will provide me with enough money, and one that didn't have awful conditions, like many of the jobs foreigners had.
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