Character+List

**Ona Lukoszaite** (OH-na luke-oh-SHY-tay): Marija’s 16-year-old cousin and Elzbieta’s step-daughter. **J****urgis Rudku**s (YER-gis rudd-KUSS): a strong Lithuanian immigrant who comes to America looking for the American Dream. **Teta Elzbieta Lukoszaite** (tay-Ta Luke-oh-SHY-tay): Aunt Elizabeth, Ona’s stepmother, and mother of six. **Tamoszius Kuszleika** (tam-ohsh-YOOS kuz-lie-KA): a fiddle player who intends to marry Marija. **Dede Antanas Rudkus** (Day-da on-TAN-us rudd-KUSS): Grandfather Anthony, Jurgis’s father, about 60 years old. **Jokubas Szedvilas** (YO-koo-bus jzed-VEE-lus): delicatessen store owner and Lucija’s husband. **Aniele Jukniene** (ann-eel-AA yuk-NINE-uh): a widow with 3 children; she rents rooms in her home. **Jonas** (YO-nus): Elzbieta’s brother. **Stanislovas** (stah-KNEES-lo-vas): Teta Elzbieta’s 13-year-old small son. **Mike Scully**: a powerful Democrat and owner of much of “underground” Packingtown. **Phil Connor**: a foreman at Brown’s, where Ona works. **Jack Duane:** a thief that Jurgis meets in jail.
 * Marija Berczynskas** (ma-REE-ah ber-JIN-skas): Ona’s cousin, a 20-something orphan, but a strong woman.