Editing The Jungle (section)

==Characters==
[[File:Chicago stockyards cattle pens men 1909.jpg|thumb|Men walking on wooden rails between cattle pens in the Chicago stockyard, 1909]]
[[File:Floorers removing the hides USY Chicago (front).tiff|thumb|Workers in the union stockyards]]
*'''Jurgis Rudkus''', a Lithuanian who immigrates to the US and struggles to support his family.
*'''Ona Lukoszaite Rudkus''', Jurgis' teenage wife.
*'''Marija Berczynskas''', Ona's cousin. She dreams of marrying a musician. After Ona's death and Rudkus' abandonment of the family, she becomes a prostitute to help feed the few surviving children.
*'''Teta Elzbieta Lukoszaite''', Ona's stepmother. She takes care of the children and eventually becomes a beggar.
*'''Grandmother Swan''', another Lithuanian immigrant.
*'''Dede Antanas''', Jurgis' father. He contributes work despite his age and poor health; dies from a lung infection.
*'''Jokubas Szedvilas''', Lithuanian immigrant who owns a deli on [[Halsted Street]].
*'''Edward Marcinkus''', Lithuanian immigrant and friend of the family.
*'''Fisher''', Chicago millionaire whose passion is helping poor people in slums.
*'''Tamoszius Kuszleika''', a [[fiddle]]r who becomes Marija's fiancé.
*'''Jonas Lukoszas''', Teta Elzbieta's brother. He abandons the family in bad times and disappears.
*'''Stanislovas Lukoszas''', Elzibeta's eldest son; he starts work at 14, with false documents that say he is 16.
*'''Mike Scully''' (originally '''Tom Cassidy'''), the Democratic Party "boss" of the stockyards.
*'''Phil Connor''', a boss at the factory where Ona works. Connor rapes Ona and forces her into prostitution.
*'''Miss Henderson''', Ona's forelady at the wrapping-room.
*'''Antanas''', son of Jurgis and Ona, otherwise known as "Baby".
*'''Vilimas and Nikalojus''', Elzbieta's second and third sons.
*'''Kristoforas''', a crippled son of Elzbieta.
*'''Juozapas''', another crippled son of Elzbieta.
*'''Kotrina''', Elzbieta's daughter and Ona's half sister.
*'''Judge Pat Callahan''', a crooked judge.
*'''Jack Duane''', a thief whom Rudkus meets in prison.
*'''Madame Haupt''', a midwife hired to help Ona.
*'''Freddie Jones''', son of a wealthy beef baron.
*'''Buck Halloran''', an Irish "political worker" who oversees vote-buying operations.
*'''Bush Harper''', a man who works for Mike Scully as a union spy.
*'''Ostrinski''', a Polish immigrant and [[Socialism|socialist]].
*'''Tommy Hinds''', the socialist owner of Hinds's Hotel.
*'''Mr. Lucas''', a socialist pastor and itinerant preacher.
*'''Nicholas Schliemann''', a Swedish philosopher and socialist.
*'''Durham''', a businessman and Jurgis's second employer.

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