
Jungle
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Jurgis and his family move to Chicago from Lithuania to find a better life. But what they find instead are abysmal working conditions, corrupt legal systems, and chronic poverty. The family gets jobs in Chicago''s meatpacking district, Packingtown, and works long hours for low pay. Jurgis is injured on the job and isn''t given workers'' compensation. His wife is raped by her boss and forced into p...
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Jurgis and his family move to Chicago from Lithuania to find a better life. But what they find instead are abysmal working conditions, corrupt legal systems, and chronic poverty. The family gets jobs in Chicago''s meatpacking district, Packingtown, and works long hours for low pay. Jurgis is injured on the job and isn''t given workers'' compensation. His wife is raped by her boss and forced into p...
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