![]() Dede Antanas is worn down by his job and soon dies.Īn unforgiving winter arrives. This corruption and "graft" is routine in Packingtown. Dede Antanas finds work only by agreeing to forfeit a third of his wages as a finder's fee. The family naively decides to buy a home but is tricked into signing an exploitative lease instead their financial obligations build. Jurgis's father, Dede Antanas, also looks for a job, but is too old to be employable. Jurgis finds work at a local slaughterhouse and Ona's cousin Marija gets a job in a cannery. ![]() This leaves the couple in debt, which distresses the family. The couple celebrates their marriage at a local bar, and many guests leave without contributing money to defray the cost of the party, as is customary in Lithuania. They have settled in the city's " Packingtown" area, where a largely immigrant population lives in squalor and works grueling jobs to survive. Jurgis Rudkus and Ona Lukoszaite are two young newlyweds who have recently emigrated from Lithuania to make their livelihood in Chicago. ![]()
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