Jurgis remains steadfast but his wife starts to stay away from home overnight he begins to question his wife about her whereabouts. She tells her husband about one of the corrupt deal makers of Packingtown who has promised to fire everyone in their family if she does not sleep with him. This protector of his family attacks the man that at first rapes his wife then blackmails her to make her his sex slave. Because Jurgis defends his wife’s honor he is given thirty days in jail . When he is released from prison he finds out that his family has lost their home. Jurgis finds his wife giving birth prematurely when he returns home from jail Ona is in bad shape and needs medical help. Jurgis collects as much money as he can from the women of the
