The Jungle is about a family who was from Lithuania, who moved to America to “get rich”. It’s not actually about a real jungle though. The family faces a lot of hardships and problems as when they get to America. In Lithuania they struggle and are very poor. Jurgis friend said that he went to America and got rich. Turns out his friend lied and he was actually poor and struggling too. So Jurgis traveled to America with his father,wife, his wife stepmother,her children, and his brother or cousin. I forgot if it was his brother or cousin. They all go to America with such big dreams and hopes but it all gets shut down when they get there. When they first get there they have to stay in a woman’s crowded house. It was even more crowded now they have arrived. They try to buy a house so they won’t have to be in that house for long. So once they found a house they made a downpayment on it. They did not understand what the mortgage was and about the bills or …show more content…
Everyone was invited as they did in Lithuania. If people would walk by or just happen to look through the door then they would be invited in. They had enough food to feed every one who came. Usually in weddings in Lithuania the guest would give money but most of Jurgis and Ona guest didn’t really give money. All they did was dance to the music that never stopped, dranked up the liquor,until they got drunk, and ate up all the food. The man who was supplying the liquor would fill the container-dispenser- with water or juice once it got to a certain mark so he would not use up all his liquor even though Ona and Jurgis paid for a certain amount. Since Ona,Jurgis, and Teta Elzbieta had borrowed that money from people they needed a way to pay them back. So once they started working,and on top of bills,insurance,and mortgages they had to pay off the debt. All there money was really gone now since they had to pay a lot of money back for such a big