Book Review: Gritty, Oppressive, but Not Ugly Enough, “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair Gets the Graphic Novel Treatment
- The hard-working family is defrauded by a real estate dealer into buying an overpriced, rickety home,
- Marja, one of Jurgis’s relatives, find herself without a job when her factory closes for the winter,
- Jurgis’s father dies from the horrid conditions at his job,
- Marja, in a new job, is cheated out of some of her pay,
- Marja is fired for complaining about her missing pay,
- Jurgis, the primary bread-winner, suffers at twisted ankle in his factory and is out of work, without pay, for three months,
- Janas, another relative, walks away, never to be seen again,
- Ona, Jurgis’s wife, is raped by her boss,
- Jurgis goes to jail for brutally beating Ona’s boss,
- Marja cuts her hand at work and is out of a job,
- The family, unable to make enough money because Jurgis is locked up, is evicted from their home,
- Ona, pregnant with her second child, loses the baby,
- Jurgis is blacklisted for beating one of the bosses, and
- Marja ends up in a brothel.