PACKINGTOWN in Classic Quotes

1  For every one that Jurgis spoke to assured him that it was a waste of time to seek employment for the old man in Packingtown.

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 4

2  There being no more to be done that day, the shop was left under the care of Lucija, and her husband sallied forth to show his friends the sights of Packingtown.

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3

3  Marija had nothing to take with her save her two brawny arms and the word "job," laboriously learned; but with these she had marched about Packingtown all day, entering every door where there were signs of activity.

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 4

4  One never saw the fields, nor any green thing whatever, in Packingtown; but one could go out on the road and "hobo it," as the men phrased it, and see the country, and have a long rest, and an easy time riding on the freight cars.

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2

5  These buildings, made of brick and stained with innumerable layers of Packingtown smoke, were painted all over with advertising signs, from which the visitor realized suddenly that he had come to the home of many of the torments of his life.

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3

6  In front of Brown's General Office building there grows a tiny plot of grass, and this, you may learn, is the only bit of green thing in Packingtown; likewise this jest about the hog and his squeal, the stock in trade of all the guides, is the one gleam of humor that you will find there.

The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3