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At first, they are happy in America, but they all soon learn that America is plagued by corruption, dishonesty, and bribery. He is forced to work at high speeds for long hours with low pay, and so is the rest of the family. He is cheated out of his money several times. The children must leave school and go to work to help the family survive. This means they will never receive the education they need to rise above this, and get a better job.
After the birth of their first son, Ona soon becomes pregnant again. She becomes very upset, but she doesn't tell Jurgis why. After she fails to come home one night, Jurgis confronts her. She breaks into tears and tells Jurgis that her boss, Connor, has forced a sexual relationship on her and Jurgis leaves
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He gets into another fight and is sent to jail. In jail, he meets Phil Jack Duane. After being released, Jurgis and Duane team up in a fancy, yet risky life of crime. Jurgis learns about the connections between police, criminals, politics, and big business’. He becomes a member of a complex network and gets into politics. He runs into Connor again, and beats him to a pulp once more, but after doing so, Connor's political connections cause Jurgis to lose everything and he’s back to living on the streets.
To keep warm, Jurgis walks into a Socialist meeting. Afterwards, he is introduced to a man named Ostrinski, who teaches him about Socialism. Jurgis agrees with the political party's ideals, and becomes a member. As the story ends, the results of an election are being received. The novel ends positively, showing that the Socialist party made significant progress across the country. Upton Sinclair shows the reader how to solve Capitalism's problems: replace it with Socialism. The Socialist party is promoted as an international political party that will solve all of the world's problems. Every member of the party was told about the "Socialist revolution", a time when the world would become Socialist. Not once does the book mention the possibility of failure. It even claimed Socialists would control the country by

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