The Jungle Chapters 26

I don't quite understand why Jurgis would keep his job after he ran away so that he could be his own master. I also don’t quite understand how the way somebody dresses could affect their pay. Then again, it kind of makes since after all, because most of the people that work in the meat packing industry in Packingtown are so poor that they can hardly dress themselves properly in Winter. It does work however though because for a reason that I don’t know. It could work because if they can dress nice then they should deserve better pay. I have no clue I am just rambling on about it now. The first strike is pretty bad for the meat industry. The demand is high and the workers are going on strike, which means that there is no workers. If there are no workers, then how will the demand be met. It won’t. I cannot imagine how the CEO’s will react without all the profit that they make from the worker’s strike. I am impartial to if the strike continues or not. I however thought that Jurgis knew math, but apparently not; “Jurgis would receive five dollars a day during the strike, and twenty-five a week after it was settled.” It is good that the strike ends but I kind of feel sorry for the union leaders. They cannot become employed again. I guess it is a good thing for the CEO’s of the companies because then the union will probably dissolve. I cannot decide if it is a good thing or not that the unions might die out. Too bad that won’t happen. I am very happy that Jurgis will probably go back to the country. It is sad though that he is forced to go back because he almost kills Conner again. I simply don’t get were he stored that anger. He had to have stored it somewhere and buried it very deep, deeper than he buried Ona or Antanas.