Analysis Of Out Of This Furnace

Out Of This FOurnace, written by Thomas Bell, takes historical context about the difficulties of immigration. It outlines the story of immigrants that line three generations. It shows how people want to improve their lives and will take measures in doing so. This novel shows how hard working conditions are for this family and how it was dealt with.

The difficulty in getting to America is the first delema for immigrants. One of the main characters, George Kracha, shows the true difficulty traveling to America. He had to borrow money to even get on the boat and left his wife behind. He made a big mistake falling for another man's wife while traveling to NY and spent his money on her birthday thst was suppose to be for a bus ticket toWhite Haven. Eventually, George's wife Elena arrives. The hope to come to America for these immigrants was based on conditions back in Hungary. THere is no true immage of this from George, but Elena is a sign of those conditions. Losing a son before arrival, Elena comes to America with that burden and also with goiter. SHe is never happy, even after the birth of her three children. In America, lives alter for George as he movesto Braddock, leaving the railroad to join working in the mills with his brother-in-law, Andrej. Most of the men worked at the steel mill where conditions were hard. THere is pollution filling the air and people living in small rooms because rent was too expensive for the workers. Some women, like Dorta, would rent rooms to people to gain extra money.

LArge struggles, like fire destroying homes makes it difficult to det ahead in life for the Krachas. Even though the homes would be re-built, many people lost their belongings in the fire. Some get into better conditions, like Geor...

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...had to help work outside the home so there would be more money. Mary and the other women would board other people to earn money for the household, while the men would work the factory. Once the war started, there were less immigrants comming to America and the ones that did wanted more extravegant living conditions. George comes to live with MAry and they help eachother with paying for the household. John Joseph starts to work at the mill later on and Msry becomes sick. The mill gets the A.F.L looking at the mill and the tension makes it to where wrokers are given time-and-a-half after they work over eight hours. The fear of the union is what was roomered as to why this change occured. Strikes at the mill make Joseph leaveand work in construction. HE does go back to the mill and the strike end later on. Workers now get 10% increase in thier pay. Later on, Mary dies.