The consumption is a disease of the lungs, how does a disease make you cough up blood? Wouldn't that be more of someone killing you?
I agree with you, I think the author is talking about how capitalism is evil. He is trying to get this out to the readers to help them understand what was happening at the time. I feel bad for Marija. She loses her job then finds one but gets paid half wages because she is a girl. This must have been horrible for her family. Especially with Ona waiting for Jurgis’s baby, the loss of money must have made it difficult for them to get by.
I can’t even begin to imagine how much mud is on the streets. Marija is worried about sinking in the mud after she sewed her money to her clothes. She must have had a lot of money in the bank. Having your child die from meat when you work in a meat family must be frightening.
The cheep labor and the lack of faith in the women working must have frustrated everyone. Unless they were unaware of it, they could of just thought that was how much they were getting paid. Well, except for Maija, getting paid half as much because she was not a man, only being hired because she had the strength of a man. I suppose others knew about what was happening, they just chose not to say anything in fear of losing their jobs.
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