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 * Jurgis Rudkus** - Moved to America from Lithuania with Ona and married her. He was young hardworking and determined but loses hope several time throughout the novel. He finds many jobs and is hurt on the job twice. He supported the unions at the beginning of the novel and in the middle crosses a line and became a scab, contradicting anything he believed about unions. By the end of the novel he believed in socialism and worker power.
 * Ona Lukoszaite** - Was married to Jurgis and had two kids with him. She was very young when she married him. She worries about fairness and equality and wanted to pay the saloon keeper after their wedding. Her first child was born a healthy young boy. Her second child died because of a miscarriage the day Jurgis returns from a month in jail. The miscarriage kills her too. Later her other son, named after Jurgis' father, Antanas, dies from drowning in the muddy streets where they live.
 * Teta Elzbieta Lukoszaite** - She is Ona's step mother and is the mother of six other children, two of whom are cripples. She is strong willed and old. She is also a very important character in The Jungle.
 * Marija Berczynskas** -Traveled with her cousin, Ona, and the rest of the family to America because her old employer was unkind.She is large and strong and she fights back against corruption.
 * Dede Antanas Rudku** - Jurgis' father who came with him and the family to America. He Got a job and was killed by the work effort.
 * Antanas Rudkus** - Jurgis' and Ona's son. He was their only born child and he later drowns in the mud in the street.
 * Phil Connor** - Ona's boss who makes her stay after work one day and makes her sleep with him. He is beaten up twice by Jurgis who is sent to jail both times.
 * Grandmother Majauszkiene** -Jurgis' family's Lithuanian neighbor
 * Juozapas Lukoszaite** - One of the two crippled children of Teta Elzbieta. He was injured when his leg was run over by wagon. He unknowingly helped find the kind rich woman who helped his family when he was rummaging through the dump one day.
 * Kotrina Lukoszaite** -Is the caretaker for the family. She is one of Teta's children and when Jurgis was sent to jail she and her able brothers had to sell newspaper for money.
 * Stanislovas Lukoszaite-**Another of Teta's children, about 14 years of age, who is terrified of frostbite so he tries to get out of going to work. Jurgis has to beat him on several occasions to get him to go to work.
 * Jonas** -Teta's brother who convinces them to go to America. But when he finds out the work and environment of Packingtown, he deserts the family and disappears. this throws them into a financial crisis.
 * Jack Duane** -The criminal inmate who Jurgis befriends in jail. When he makes Jurgis his partner in crime, Jurgis finally starts to get easy money.
 * Miss Henderson** -Fore-lady of the factory where Ona works. She made most of the factory workers into prostitutes and hates Ona because she is a decent married woman. She and her friends make Ona MISERABLE.
 * Tommy Hinds** -Owner of the socialist hotel where Jurgis finds work after the inspirational speech on socialism.
 * Ostrinski** -After Jurgis attends the socialist speech, he is assigned the job of teaching Jurgis about socialism because he speaks Lithuanian.
 * Mike Scully** - Owns the dump where Jurgis' family children scavenge for food. He is the one in charge of the housing scheme Jurgis falls prey to.