The Jungle Book Comparison

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a novel about the harsh conditions and hard lives of working immigrants during the early 1900s. The story follows a Lithuanian man named Jurgis Rudkus and all the hardship and tragedy he endures. Cinderella Man directed by Ron Howard is a film about the famous boxer James J. Braddock. The film shows the hardship James and his family suffer during the Great Depression. Jurgis Rudkus and James J. Braddock show similarities from the beginning, middle, and end in their physical traits, relationships and emotional traits. Throughout the book, both men express physical similarities in their looks, strengths, and weakness. Jurgis undergoes drastic physical changes all through the novel. In the beginning, Jurgis is
In the beginning of The Jungle, we are introduced to Ona, “who had just been married and married to Jurgis” (Sinclair 8). Ona plays a huge role in Jurgis’s life in the beginning. He does everything for Ona. He gets a job for Ona, he works harder for Ona, and he does not drink for Ona this man does everything for his love for Ona. Towards the middle of the novel, we are given the bundle of joy Antanas. Antanas was Jurgis’s “marvelous possession” (Sinclair 110). Antanas was exactly was Jurgis needed in his life during the middle of the book. Jurgis was injured and stuck at home and the only reason he made it through that with some happiness and hope was because he had little Antanas. He made Jurgis smile and laugh and gave him another person to work harder for. In the end, the last relationship that helps Jurgis is his relationship with Teta Elzbieta. She is all he really has left for family and so “he went home to Elzbieta” (Sinclair 312) Elzbieta is someone he trusts and can come to and with his new sense of hope, he wants her to be a part of the Socialist revolution. James also has some important relationships that play key roles in his life. Similar to Jurgis, James’s wife plays a big role in his life in the beginning of the film. After the fight, we see him immediately go to her and tell her everything. Mae keeps him grounded and happy and James would do anything for Mae. In the middle of the film, James’s children play a big role in his life. He now not only working for Mae but he is working for his kids. He also is making sacrifices for them. During breakfast one morning, James gives his piece of ham to Rosie and claims he is stuffed after eating a steak in his dreams. This is just as Jurgis is with Antanas he is now working harder to provide a better life for him. Finally, at the end of the film, Max Baer plays a big role in James’s