rephrase the book report

Out of this furnace is a nonfiction book. It has been written by the author Thomas Bell. The story take a place when George Kracha immigrants to United States in the fall of 1881.

The author is trying to show how life is depending on the person by himself, so the more you work hard the more great life you get. George Kracha immigrated to United States and left his family in Hungary. He took a ship to there. He met the young couple who are Zuska and John Mihula. He spent his money for Zusak’s birthday. They said their bye and George gone. He went to Pennsylvania by walking because he ended up with no money after the birthday he made. He spent nine days to get there. His wife Elena came to United States after George had been saving money for her trip. She got pregnant, and they had a girl named Mary. He met a guy called Dubik. He helped him to get a job. They became friends. They worked at the same place. After a while, Dubik died in an accident in the factory. Elena died in a bad health condition. Before she die, she knew about George and Zuska, and she told him that. She was upset about it. George Changed the place he worked in to the Steel Mills. He met a guy called Andrej, and he shared with him the experiences he had and about his best friend Dubik. They worked together at the Steel Mills. After a while, George Kracha ran on his own business. Zuska came to his place and surprised him. He was happy that she visited him. He knew that she lived near to him, so he started to visit her. After a while, George and Zuska got married. She started to know about his bad business. She was stealing money from him. Because of his bad business, he was in jail for a little while. After he got out of the jail, he found out that Zuska is gone. He returned to work at the steel mills. He started again with nothing, but he had three daughters to support. Mike met Mary Kracha on Dorta’s kitchen after she returned from her summer at the shore. They started their courtship. Later, they got married. After a while, they got their first child, and later, a daughter. He voted when his daughter had born. Joe Perovsky was elected councilman. He felt that it’s an accomplishment for a guy who just had been in United Sates for twenty years. When the economics’ slowdown finished, and Mike’s wages and hours are restored, he realized that they can barely live on his salary. The only way to get their situation better is to take in boarders. Finally, he decided, and by the end of the summer, they had six boarders. Mike was against this idea, but it was extra work by Mary which allowed them to pay their debts and started saving money. They were able to get what they want, but George didn’t like that and wanted them to spend their money wisely. There was another economics’ slowdown. The worst in many years. Mike was worried to be shifted to the labor gangs. He told his foreman that he will quit if he has been shifted. The company interfered with the workers’ rights to vote for the candidate in the election year. The company fired some workers because they dint follow the company direction. Mike voted by a republican ticket, accorded to the orders of the company. During Mary’s fourth pregnancy, a problem came up and ended the boarders. They moved to Washington in three rooms. They sold some of their furniture. Since they lost their boarders, they didn’t have anything but Mike’s salary. They began to use their saving. Financially, Mike and Mary were having a difficult time. Mike worked for a part time, but his payment didn’t cover their expenses. They were in debt, so rapidly, they were losing their saving. Mike felt discriminated because he is Hungarian. He felt that the good jobs were for the Irish and English. During the elections, the company indicated how workers should vote. Mike voted for Eugene Debs and waited to be fired. He got his usual payment without any notice. He didn’t like the life which was going around him. George came to visit his daughter Anna. He stayed with Mike and Mary. That night, Mike went to work, George went to drink. When George returned, he met a guy on his way, and told him that mike died. He went to Mary to tell her the bad news. Mary had to find a way to support herself and the children after Mike’s death. She moved near to her sister. She found a housework and a laundry to earn some money. She got two days a week working with a dentist and his wife. Anna was watching the two children while she was away. Her income wasn’t enough for their living, but it helped her stretched out the money in the bank as long as she could. Eventually, Mary moved to Munhall and had George to live with her. George didn’t want to pay what Mary asked for. He wasn’t satisfied about it, but in the end, he agreed with her requirements which are thirty dollars a month. Mary came down with some diseases. She found out that Pauline had consumption. The doctor said that she had to go to sanitarium to recover and make arrangements to include the two children. Labor problems occurred A.F.L. targeted the steel industry for organization. Johnny and his uncle Frank stayed away from the Mills during the strike. Johnny found a job in construction in Donora where his aunt Anna lived. Since union organization usually results in violent confrontations, no one wanted to go near to the Steel Mills during the strike. Johnny went to Donora and worked in construction until November. The strike finished in January. After a visit from Johnny at Christmas, Mary’s condition returned to be worst. Mary spent time with her children telling them about their father. One day, she died one her sleeping. After the death of Mary and Pauline, the family were fighting for the money and the children. Finally, Anna took Agnes and Mikie to live with Dobie at Alice’s house. When Dobie finished his apprenticeship, he moved to Detroit and worked at the auto industry. He enjoyed his money and his life until the company increased the deductions from the workers’ salaries, so they refused to work. He had been thrown out of the factory. He went to Pittsburgh and got a job in the electric shop where he worked as a boy. He didn’t have any idea about the Depression and what was coming. The Depression brought some changes for the family. Dobie stayed at Joe Perovsky’s rooming house in East Pittsburgh. He was running a tap because he couldn’t pay. Alice and her husband were evicted. Anna’s husband was just working twice a week, and Anna were doing housework wherever she can find it. Agnes worked at a chain store. When she received her inheritance, she got married with George Hornyak. In the wedding, Dobie met Julie and fallen in love.

This book was an interested book for me. It gathered a lot of life’s hard time and good time, also. You can see from this book how each character has a different story, but at the same time they were fighting for the same reason which is living. In addition, it plays with your emotions, which means that you are going to keep reading to know what is next. My recommendation askes anyone to read this book to improve your thoughts, and your way of thinking.