“It’s Not…How Many Times You Get Knocked Down That Counts…It’s…How Many Times You Get Back Up” (Braddock). Although Jurgis and James are alike because they have a strong commitment towards their families, they have many physical traits, family dynamics, personal values that are alike and different. James and Jurgis both lived a very difficult life after the stock market crashed. They both ran out of everything because they were not prepared to. James and Jurgis were both well off before the stock market crashed they both were strong, big, and tall so they did not have any trouble finding any jobs. Once they both got it figured out that they were not going to have enough money to take care of their families they both start trying to find more
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During the period of this book, many families starved and had to do anything so they could get a little food. After Jurgis lost everyone in his family he hopped on a train and just went around the country trying to find work. He has a petty tough life doing that, farmers would reject him and then he would do something bad to them by hurting their crop of their farm somehow. After a few times he finally found someone who was a able to make a deal with him, the deal was that Jurgis would do the work and the farmer would give him a free meal and a warm place to sleep. Once Jurgis gets enough money to come back to the city he runs into a girl he used to know and he asked her if she knew Marija and she had her address in her purse. Once Jurgis is all cleaned up after his wreak of a life has fallen apart, he finds a job working at the hotel for Tommy Hinds. “It’s not how many times you get knocked down that count’s it’s how many times you get back up” (Braddock) James Braddock was a tall and strong man. James was not scared of anything. James was a wealthy man because of his boxing career. He did very well for the longest time then he …show more content…
Although Jurgis and James are alike because they have a strong commitment towards their families, they have many physical traits, family dynamics, personal values that are alike and different. Jurgis and James had very similar difficulties; they both lost everything they had, Jurgis a little more than James did. Jurgis lost his family, and had to from place to place to make ends meet. James had to beg for money so he could turn his electricity on so he could get his children
During the period of this book, many families starved and had to do anything so they could get a little food. After Jurgis lost everyone in his family he hopped on a train and just went around the country trying to find work. He has a petty tough life doing that, farmers would reject him and then he would do something bad to them by hurting their crop of their farm somehow. After a few times he finally found someone who was a able to make a deal with him, the deal was that Jurgis would do the work and the farmer would give him a free meal and a warm place to sleep. Once Jurgis gets enough money to come back to the city he runs into a girl he used to know and he asked her if she knew Marija and she had her address in her purse. Once Jurgis is all cleaned up after his wreak of a life has fallen apart, he finds a job working at the hotel for Tommy Hinds. “It’s not how many times you get knocked down that count’s it’s how many times you get back up” (Braddock) James Braddock was a tall and strong man. James was not scared of anything. James was a wealthy man because of his boxing career. He did very well for the longest time then he …show more content…
Although Jurgis and James are alike because they have a strong commitment towards their families, they have many physical traits, family dynamics, personal values that are alike and different. Jurgis and James had very similar difficulties; they both lost everything they had, Jurgis a little more than James did. Jurgis lost his family, and had to from place to place to make ends meet. James had to beg for money so he could turn his electricity on so he could get his children