Chapterrrr 26

In the beginning of chapter 26 it talked about how Jurgis became Scully's consultant, but as time went on Scully didn't need Jurgis anymore. This I thought was kinda rude because he had him do all that stuff for him and now he just decided to get rid of him. So since Scully didn't need him anymore he told him to go work as a scab. That    also was pretty rude because their living conditions aren't very good at all; Although on the good side the pay is better than Jurgis had before. I thought that was good because maybe he wont waste his money away on alcohol again or at least save some money for food or good things. After working for this job for awhile Jurgis got moved up to be a boss in Burham's killing rooms. While he is working he finds that the scabs below him are unwilling to work very hard. That would make me mad because I would want them to listen and do what they were suppose to since they are at work. The workers that were brought into the place were mostly African Americans and prisoners. When they came to work they didn't know that they were working as scabs. If I were them I would want to know what i'm going to go work for and not just be told what i'm doing when I get there. On the bad side of working as a scab is that the living conditions were horrible. If they were so bad I wonder why Jurgis is still staying there since he keeps moving jobs anyway and maybe he could find a better job on the way.

Chapterss 23-26

Theses chapters had a lot of ups and downs. At first there was all mostly downs by him breaking his arm and having to spend christmas alone. Then he got out of the hospital and had to go find a job in the freezing weather that was worse than ever. That was pretty sad because he just went through all that and now had to go through this. Then to make it all worse he had to fight for little food and a place to sleep. But then Fredrick a rich guy came along and invited him to his house and gave him food and a 100 dollar bill. I thought this was very good because now maybe he could get on the right track. Since nothing in this book turns good he had to go get change for his money and they gave him 95 cents back from 5 cents purchase out of 100 dollars and Jurgis beat the guy up and went to jail. This was horrible because no one believes Jurgis again and he has to spend 10 days in jail. After he was out of jail he got into some bag stuff by mugging people which was bad. But it was good when Jurgis found a job as a hog trimmer, and he even got regular pay which was also good to hear. Maybe he can get enough money to live somewhere nice and not spend all his money at the saloon all the time and waste it away.

chapters 20-23

In these chapters it talked how hegot a job and went to another job and whenhe was there his son Antans died and that was really sad because that was his last family member. Then Jurgis left to another town and kept getting different jobs. I thought that he should have done that erlier because he was making alot of money doing that. But when he got a job i thought he should have stayed at one job because he was wearing himself out going to difeernt places all the time. Overall i thought these chapters were pretty good but also sad. Maybe Jurgis can get happier as he gets away from the stuff that happened in chicago. Hopefully nobody else dies! (: j

The Jungleee

Well during these chapters they all mostly explained how the family's life was going. It was good to see that Jurgis and Ona could find a job but, on the down side it only paid about 2 dollars an hour. I didn't like how when they were buying their house, that it was old and gross. I didn't really understand why they even bought the house? but okay. In the fifth chapter it was really gross to hear about how the diseased and sick meat got put together with the healthy meat. Even though there were people who checked it every month who knows how much still went out that was bad. In chapter six I really didn't get that much out of it other than the grandmother telling Jurgis that the house they got was bad. So I guess that chapter wasn't really helpful to me. Chapter seven was a pretty depressing chapter in my opinion. It was winter now and people were getting very sick from the cold, and the places they worked the owners didn't keep it very warm. I thought that was sad because if your going to have people work for you, you should at least have the heat on especially when it's freezing outside. This chapter also said how because of the veslija it has put them into 100 dollars of debt, and when their sick they can't take off work so their not going to get out of debt anytime soon, which was also saddening.

my topic is why slavery is a dehumanizing experience for both the slave and the slave master. My central argument on this topic is going to be in favor of why it is dehumanizing for both the slave and their master, against why some people think its just a way of life for them and they don't think its dehumanizing for either one. My argument is going to include how the slaves feel like their not a person anymore by what people tell them and how its dehumanizing for the slave holders, because when they tell them that their ruining their seft goodness and that makes them turn into a meaner person

Chapter 11 Reaction

In chapter 11 is was mostly talking about how he was going to escape. When he finally escaped I felt happy for him because all those years he was a slave and now he was free. As he was free and in New York he was homeless and had no food. That was sad to hear because all that work he did to be free and now he isn't living that well. After that he met a guy who was Mr. Ruggles, he took him in and that was good because he could finally be free and be happy. During this story they also said that his wife Anna also got to be free and now they can be happy together in New York. Towards the end of this chapter it said that he was a anti slavery speaker and could tell his story to people around the world. I thought that was good to hear that he could tell his story and speak his mind.

Reaction to pages 29-40

In the first chapter It was talking about how Fredrick got moved to Baltimore again. I thought that that was a good thing because before he liked Baltimore so much and he thought it was a lot better that the plantation. When he went to Baltimore his mistress died and so did his lovely grandmother. Then I thought it was horrible how his master tied her up and then whipped her and would leaver her there all day and come back at night and do it again. Fredrick then had to go to Mr. Covey and he was suppose to break the slaves and he was beating him so Fredrick decided to go back to his masters house because he wapped him with a piece of bored. Then his freind told him to carry a root on his right side to keep him safe and it worked for a while but then his Covey tried to beat him again and Fredrick won. I thought this was good that Fredrick won because he showed him who was boss and showed him that he was tired of getting beat on. After he showed him that he was tired of it, Mr. Covey never laid a hand on him again. Which was a very good thing and would keep him safe.