Chapter+2

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1.Based on events in Chapter 2, what kind of person does Jurgis seem to be? 2.Why did Jurgis’s and Ona’s family decide to go to America? 3.How do they first encounter dishonesty? 4.What difficult experiences did they have in Lithuania, and how did they expect them to improve in America? What are their expectations for their new life in America? 5.List all the adjectives on page 29 that describe the Chicago they saw. How is the quote “the color of things became dingier” symbolic of their experience thus far? 6.Describe the neighborhoods of Packingtown. 7.Describe the significance of the words “blood red” and “fire” in the final description of Chapter 2.