Jurgis Immigration Quotes
Task 1 – Compelling Quotes (with parenthetical documentation and explanations)
1. ”When his wife had died, Jurgis made for the nearest saloon, but he did not do that now, though he had his week’s wages in his pocket” (Sinclair 241). The significance behind Jurgis’ actions emphasizes his psychological growth as an individual as he is now able to control his urges in a dire situation. In addition, a crucial factor contributing to his self-control is realizing that his last physical remembrance of Ona is no longer here.
2. ”He stood and watched it; and all at once a wild impulse seized him, a thought that had been lurking within him, unspoken, unrecognized, leaped into sudden life. He started down the track, and when he was past the gate-keeper’s shanty he sprang forward and swung himself on to one of the cars” (Sinclair 241). In this excerpt, the chains shackling Jurgis to his strong family morals have …show more content…
“Since it was Jurgis’s first experience, these details naturally caused him some worriment; but the other laughed coolly—it was the way of the game, and there was no helping it. Before long Jurgis would think no more of it than they did in the yards of knocking out a bullock” (Sinclair 287). Although his initial reaction to the crime concerned him, Jurgis suddenly had a change in emotion when his accomplice thought nothing of the deed. The impact that Duane plays in Jurgis morally is tremendous, as Jurgis never cared for the opinions of those around him.
5. “Jurgis had often thought of Connor since coming back to Packingtown, but it had been as of something far off, that no longer concerned him. Now, however, when he saw him, alive and in the flesh, the same thing happened to him that had happened before—a flood of rage boiled up in him, a blind frenzy seized him” (Sinclair 316-317). Despite Jurgis mentally telling himself that he no longer has anything to do with Connor, the sight of the man who had ruined his family sends Jurgis in a spontaneous fit of
1. ”When his wife had died, Jurgis made for the nearest saloon, but he did not do that now, though he had his week’s wages in his pocket” (Sinclair 241). The significance behind Jurgis’ actions emphasizes his psychological growth as an individual as he is now able to control his urges in a dire situation. In addition, a crucial factor contributing to his self-control is realizing that his last physical remembrance of Ona is no longer here.
2. ”He stood and watched it; and all at once a wild impulse seized him, a thought that had been lurking within him, unspoken, unrecognized, leaped into sudden life. He started down the track, and when he was past the gate-keeper’s shanty he sprang forward and swung himself on to one of the cars” (Sinclair 241). In this excerpt, the chains shackling Jurgis to his strong family morals have …show more content…
“Since it was Jurgis’s first experience, these details naturally caused him some worriment; but the other laughed coolly—it was the way of the game, and there was no helping it. Before long Jurgis would think no more of it than they did in the yards of knocking out a bullock” (Sinclair 287). Although his initial reaction to the crime concerned him, Jurgis suddenly had a change in emotion when his accomplice thought nothing of the deed. The impact that Duane plays in Jurgis morally is tremendous, as Jurgis never cared for the opinions of those around him.
5. “Jurgis had often thought of Connor since coming back to Packingtown, but it had been as of something far off, that no longer concerned him. Now, however, when he saw him, alive and in the flesh, the same thing happened to him that had happened before—a flood of rage boiled up in him, a blind frenzy seized him” (Sinclair 316-317). Despite Jurgis mentally telling himself that he no longer has anything to do with Connor, the sight of the man who had ruined his family sends Jurgis in a spontaneous fit of