Review Of Upton Sinclair's Book 'The Jungle'

The Jungle What kind of family would want to leave behind everything, and move to a strange far away city, that they almost know nothing about? Now just hold on a second, it might seem cool to move to a new exciting place, but that’s not the case for the Rudkus household. To them, Jurgis, Ona, and Marija, it was indeed exciting moving to Chicago in the late 1800’s, to have a chance to. They soon find out that Chicago is making things hard to make a better living, than back in Lithuania were they used to live. Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle, describes how alcoholism, poverty, and people in positions of authority had a negative impact on the lives of immigrants. The first thing off the list is, the impact of alcohol on Jurgis’,