Chapter 12

Prompt 1

      In Chapter 12, Jonas was the first to disappear and abandon the family. Financially, this took a big toll on Jurgis and the others. The amount of money they were making went down by about one third, making things much harder than they already were. And their food demand was only down by one eleventh, so the amount of money they needed didn't change very much. With that, two children had to stop going to school since they couldn't afford it anymore.

      Two of the children (Vilimas and Nikalojus) were then forced by the family to find work, and ended up delivering newspapers. This whole situation took a very large, psychological impact on the family. Before it happened, most of them were already pretty hopeless, so this really just kind of took away most of the hope that they had.