Journal+Entry+One

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I picked this novel to read because we talked about it last year in history, and I thought it seemed interesting. You needed to know about immigration before reading this novel because the story is about Jurgis, Ona, and their family who have just become U.S. citizens. You also should read the introduction. It helps you understand ore of the story. Before the story began Jurgis and Ona lived in Russia. When the novel begins Ona and Jurgis are at their wedding reception, They were living in America already during this part of the story. The narrator is telling the story. The setting of the story is a packingtown in Chicago. The setting is very important. The story couldn't have been anywhere else because the story is about Jurgis, his wife, and his family getting a job in a packing town and their struggle getting to work in the different seasons. The initial problem faced by the main character was coming to america and finding a job. The author holds your intrest by adding a new problem for the family almost every page. This book was a little hard to follow because the words were very oldfashioned. Another thing that was confusing is that the story starts at the wedding reception, but then they flash back to their lives before they moved to America and then continued the story from there. Overall the book is good.=====

This is one of those stories that really made an impression on me. I hope that you will enjoy it!