# Jonas — The Jungle character guide

> Jonas in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Brother Jonas

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Who they are

Elzbieta's brother who lives with the family and works in the yards.

## Relationships

### [Jurgis Rudkus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_se/characters/jurgis_rudkus)

_family_

Jonas is Elzbieta's brother and a member of the extended Rudkus household, working alongside Jurgis until he abandons the family.

### [Jurgis Rudkus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_se/characters/jurgis_rudkus)

_family_

Jonas is Elzbieta's brother and a member of the extended Rudkus household, working alongside Jurgis until he abandons the family.

### [Jurgis Rudkus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_se/characters/jurgis_rudkus)

_family_

Jonas is Elzbieta's brother and a member of the extended Rudkus household, working alongside Jurgis until he abandons the family.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_se/chapters/ii)

Elzbieta's brother; a dried-up little man who suggests the family go to America where a friend got rich.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_se/chapters/iv)

Gets a promise of a job for the next week through a special policeman.

### [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_se/chapters/vii)

Lives with the family and smokes with Jurgis in the evenings.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_se/chapters/ix)

Jonas introduces Jurgis to an old fellow who works in the canning-rooms at Durham's, and later offers to vote three times for a bribe.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_jungle_se/chapters/xii)

Also sets out with the family during the snowstorm to try to get to the yards.

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