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Jurgis visits Teta Elzbieta to tell her about socialism. She is happy to hear that he wishes to work and help support the family. She even agrees to attend socialist political meetings with him from time to time. Jurgis finds a job as a porter in a small hotel that pays thirty dollars a month plus board. Ostrinski informs Jurgis that his new boss, Tommy Hinds, is actually a state organizer for the socialist party and a well-known socialist speaker. Hinds is overjoyed to find that Jurgis is a comrade. Hinds never tires of preaching socialism in his hotel and elsewhere. Socialists flock to the hotel, so the radical philosophy of the proprietor does not hurt the business he owns. Hinds often urges Jurgis to detail the horrendous filth of the meat-packing plants along with the real recipes for tinned meats and sausages. Jurgis takes up the socialist cause with a passion. He endeavors to read newspapers, including //The Appeal to Reason,// and learn all about the political and economic systems of power in America. He becomes angry and frustrated when he cannot sway people to socialism.
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Jurgis Teta Ostrinski Hinds
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Pg. 317 "Jurgis had breakfast...plan her next day's dinner amid the storm." Pg. 329 "It was quite marvelous...shoved him into a seat."
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