While many discuss the treatment of animals as the focal point of the story, the treatment of workers/renters was the intention. The main character Jurgis (pronounced Joorgus), a Lithuanian immigrant, describes the conditions of the factory to elicit sympathy for the workers not the animals.
While many discuss the treatment of animals as the focal point of the story, the treatment of workers/renters was the intention. The main character Jurgis (pronounced Joorgus), a Lithuanian immigrant, describes the conditions of the factory to elicit sympathy for the workers not the animals.