Chapter 18
-Jurgis gets out of jail 3 days late because he can't pay court costs.
-New family buys the house new while Jurgis was in prison.
-The family is back at the place they originally stayed when they moved to packingtown.
-Ona goes into labor early and Jurgis tries to find a doctor for the $1.25 he comes up with.

Chapter 19
-Jurgis promises to pay the midwife he finds who is Madame Haupt.
-Jurgis comes home after drinking to find baby died and Madame Haupt still wants paid.
-Ona also dies
-Jurgis spends all money on drinking

Chapter 20
-Ona is buried
-Jurgis is blacklisted and Elizibeta worries that he will abandon family.
-Jurgis runs into an old union friend who gets him a job at a factory which closes.

Chapter 21
-Antanas dies
-Jurgis gets a letter for a new job and gets the job at a steel mill
-Jurgis stays at a polish boarding house and comes home saturday.

Chapter 22
-Jurgis deserts the family on a train and misses family
-Jurgis is reminded of family throughout his travels

Chapter 23
-Jurgis lies and gets a job as a tunnel digger where he is injured
-Jurgis is in hospital for Christmas
-Jurgis gets released from hospital and is back to begging

Chapter 24
-Jurgis meets Freddie Jones who offers him a meal
-Jurgis gets $100 to pay for a cab ride
-Jurgis gets kicked out of Freddie's place

Chapter 25
-Jurgis is shortchanged by a bartender on the $100
-Jurgis is arrested again and runs into an old friend
-Jurgis is paid a lot of money to get immigrants to vote for Mike Scully.