The Jungle

What quotes in chapter of The Jungle describe Jurgis's expectations of working in America?

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. Quotes from chapter 2

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There are many quotes about 'working' in chapter two, but these two quotes deal specifically with Jurgis' expectations of working in America.

"Jurgis, too, had heard of America. That was a country where, they said, a man might earn three rubles a day; and Jurgis figured what three rubles a day would mean, with prices as they were where he lived, and decided forthwith that he would go to America and marry, and be a rich man in the bargain. In that country, rich or poor, a man was free, it was said; he did not have to go into the army, he did not have to pay out his money to rascally officials-- he might do as he pleased, and count himself as good as any other man. So America was a place of which lovers and young people dreamed. If one could only manage to get the price of a passage, he could count his troubles at an end."

"It was in the stockyards that Jonas' friend had gotten rich, and so to Chicago the party was bound. They knew that one word, Chicago and that was all they needed to know, at least, until they reached the city."

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The Jungle/ Chapter 2