Out Of This Furnace Analysis

“Out of This Furnace” is a book about how a Slovak family struggled to survive in America. After emigrating from Hungary, the story covers two additional generations. The book describes the harsh factors the men, of each generation, faced while working in the steel mill industry. The author wrote the book from a workers point of view. Those point of views gives the reader superior detail on the industry conditions. The workers’ wages were extremely low only making fourteen cents per hour for the twelve hour shifts they work. Some of the workers often were injured or died on the steel mills. The book also shows the support the women had to provide. Some of the women had to take in boarders to help grow their savings. However, there were still financial struggles. They had other odd jobs to make money, even if it was illegal. The families didn’t go down without a fight. They were active in the labor movements and strikes against the steel mill industry. As technology evolved, each generation worked under better conditions than the one before.
Kracha wanted to be secure with a job and a place to live, which he gave the term of it being considered as White Haven. He no longer wanted to be a peasant in the empire of Fran Joseph’s. He wanted to be a true American with a job and not a homeless Hungarian. “It was America, of course, …show more content…
“They run the country to suit them, and don’t think they’re going to let you interfere every few years with your miserable vote. Get that into your head. Your vote means nothing” (Bell, 67). Mike wanted to become an American citizen and have the right to vote someday he told George. “I’m going to be a citizen soon. I’m going to have the right to vote in a few years” (Bell, 66). Later on in life during November, Mike was able to cast his first vote and he voted for Roosevelt for