Analysis Of Out Of This Furnace, By Thomas Bell

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Trying to survive
In the nineteenth century many people immigrated to the United States to find a better live like everyone else does, the story “Out of this Furnace” by Thomas Bell tells the story about a family that immigrate to America, and the things they had to face coming to the new land such as finding work and where to live. They had many things in common like their quality of life and economic situation. Even though they did not has any experience on steel mills and railroads they had to work for long hours, putting their lives in dangerous because the machines they use to use were very dangerous and a low pay that they can verily survive and support their families. Many of the workers did not have any right or voice to defend their …show more content…
Then he when Kracha wife dies then he marries Zuscka and because of her he lost everything because he hit her and he end up in jail and when he was out the bank had foreclosed he lost everything money, business, and Zuska so he did not have any other choice to go back and work in the steel mills. He also moved in with his grandson Dobie. Kracha end up his last years just drinking and working instill he …show more content…
Dobie and Agnes stay with their aunt Anna and they receive the insurance money; he then got married to Julie. He continues working in steel mills but he did not like that so he decided to move to Detroit because he does not find a better job, he live there for five years working at the Chrysler plant when he notice that the company was taking money from their checks he decide to protest because he did not like that and he was not going to wait intel they take more out of his check after some days he deiced to move to Pittsburgh the finds a job as an electric that was when the Great depression had started so it was hard for him because he only work for two to three days a week and he was not getting enough money so he was unable to pay the rent where he was living with his wife but Joe the owner of the apartments told them that they can stay because he knows that it was hard to find a job at that time, and all the family of Dobie were not doing that good , so he decides to support himself by making illegal electrical hookups for people that ca not afford paying their electricity. Then Dobie becomes involve in the labor movement and he is against the company unions by the time then he becomes the secretary of the lodge and
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