The Jungle

The Jungle - Think Question #1

How do we know that "the party" referred to in the opening sentence of the first paragraph has just arrived from another country, and cannot speak English? Cite evidence from the text to defend your answer.

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A wedding ends at four o’clock in the afternoon, and Marija Berczynskas prepares for the festivities that follow. She is in charge of the entire wedding day activities, the veselija, and she uses her “broad shoulders” and “tremendous voice” to make sure everyone is in the correct place at the correct time. You can tell both by the names and the word veselija that this is not native to North America or Britain.