What happens at Aniele’s, and what effect does it have on Jurgis?
His wife tries to have the baby but it's to soon. The mother has no doctor to help because they have no money so she and the baby both die. Jurgis losses it and goes drinking all the money the child comes home with and Aniele gets mad at him for doing so and banishes him to the attic which he is renting and faces the family. He understands then that they have to move on and he needs to get up and keep trying for the sake of the family, for his son, to keep living.
this part was so sad for me, just one thing after another for this man and i felt that he really couldn't get worse. Ona was his life even if he kept thinking being married ruined him.
What happens at Aniele’s, and what effect does it have on Jurgis? Jurgis sees Madame Haupt coming down the stairs covered in blood. She tells Jurgis she had done her best and the baby is dead while Ona is nearly dead. Jurgis runs upstairs to hold his wife. Jurgis rushes to her and she opens her eyes for one brief instant of recognition and dies. He remains numb and shocked until Kotrina arrives home from selling papers. He takes her money and announces that he is going to get drunk. Jurgis hast lost everything important to him,his house, and his wife. The society he depended on has let him down.
Jurgis has his son Antanas to live for as well as the rest of the family however he is so paralyzed by her death that he forgets his responsibilities and robs the family of their only money to liquor himself up. This is a turning point for Jurgis because he has realized no matter how hard you fight, the corruption and the power of Packingtown will always win. He has lost the most important thing to him because he failed to provide for her adequately, he has lost her and himself at the same time.
What happens at Aniele’s, and what effect does it have on Jurgis?
ReplyDeleteHis wife tries to have the baby but it's to soon. The mother has no doctor to help because they have no money so she and the baby both die. Jurgis losses it and goes drinking all the money the child comes home with and Aniele gets mad at him for doing so and banishes him to the attic which he is renting and faces the family. He understands then that they have to move on and he needs to get up and keep trying for the sake of the family, for his son, to keep living.
this part was so sad for me, just one thing after another for this man and i felt that he really couldn't get worse. Ona was his life even if he kept thinking being married ruined him.
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ReplyDeleteJurgis sees Madame Haupt coming down the stairs covered in blood. She tells Jurgis she had done her best and the baby is dead while Ona is nearly dead. Jurgis runs upstairs to hold his wife. Jurgis rushes to her and she opens her eyes for one brief instant of recognition and dies. He remains numb and shocked until Kotrina arrives home from selling papers. He takes her money and announces that he is going to get drunk. Jurgis hast lost everything important to him,his house, and his wife. The society he depended on has let him down.
With Ona dead, this has to be a turning point of some sort. What else does Jurgis have to live for??
DeleteJurgis has his son Antanas to live for as well as the rest of the family however he is so paralyzed by her death that he forgets his responsibilities and robs the family of their only money to liquor himself up. This is a turning point for Jurgis because he has realized no matter how hard you fight, the corruption and the power of Packingtown will always win. He has lost the most important thing to him because he failed to provide for her adequately, he has lost her and himself at the same time.
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