Some people view capitalism as an evil form of government‚ and favor Socialism. One of these people being Upton Sinclair‚ author of the novel The Jungle. In the novel The Jungle‚ Upton Sinclair illustrates capitalism as evil and goes out of his way to show how awful a capitalist country can be. He writes about a Lithuanian family who comes to America in hopes of a better life‚ but their dreams are soon crushed by the reality of the countries capitalist ways. As soon as the family arrives to Packingtown
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The Jungle‚ an enticing novel that comments on the poor conditions for the workers and products in the meatpacking industry. The main character‚ Jurgis‚ goes through many hardships throughout his life like‚ the death of his wife and two children‚ losing his jobs many times and being injured and screwed over. He slowly loses his idealistic “American Dream” state of mind. Many of Jugis’ problems have something to do with the greed and corruption of others. When looking through the psychological lens
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The Jungle In the year 1906‚Upton Sinclair published the eyeopening novel‚ "The Jungle". The fictional novel became immensely popular that not only the American people were reading it‚ but the twenty sixth president of the United States‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ also engaged in reading it. The fictional novel takes place mainly in Chicago‚ where a family of twelve immigrants move from Lithuania to the United State of America in hopes of achieving their version of the "American dream". Once the family
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even decent living conditions. The Jungle‚ by Upton
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historical fiction book‚ The Jungle‚ by Upton Sinclair‚ is about the fictional character Jurgis Rudkus. Jurgis lives in Chicago in the early 1900’s. He had moved to America from Lithonia in search of a better life. “Jurgis could see all the truth now-could see himself through the whole long course of events‚ the victim of ravenous vultures that had torn into his vitals and devoured him; of fiends that had racked and tortured him‚ mocking him‚ meantime jeering in his face” (Sinclair 177). Since moving to
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The title of this book is called The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. The length of this book is thirty-six chapters‚ the uncensored edition marking it three hundred and thirty-five pages long. Originally published on February 26‚1906‚ the uncensored issue was published in 2003 over eighty years later. This book was about a young man and women have migrated from Lithuania to Chicago in search for a better life. They soon learn that in Packingtown‚ the center of Lithuania has no jobs available and the conditions
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working conditions accompanied by a few rights. In 1906 Upton Sinclair published The Jungle‚ a novel about the meat packing industry; this novel describes the horrors of a young immigrant named Jurgis Rudkus who came to America seeking freedom and opportunity‚ yet he was met with poverty and dangerous working environments
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Steinbeck and Upton Sinclair: A Comparison “The Grapes of Wrath”‚ written by John Steinbeck and “The Jungle”‚ written by Upton Sinclair are two books that have and will forever be impactful on American history and literature. They are both considered very powerful novels. Although these books seem very different‚ they are much more similar than they seem. Steinbeck tells the story of a family making their way to California amidst the Great Depression and era of the Dust Bowl‚ while Sinclair tells the
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was not around this time ; and some were lucky to make 4 dollars an hour (adjusted to inflation). What is thought of as poverty now would have been a life of luxury to 1900’s‚ more specifically‚ Jurgis an immigrant working man. In The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair‚ Jurgis and his family suffer and experience hardships in almost every area of their lives.The most traumatic experiences for Jurgis and his family were the loss of many family members‚ the hardship of obtaining a safe job‚ and falling
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The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair can be considered one of the most influential novels written at the beginning of the 20th century. Though largely known as the book that resulted in the creation of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act‚ The Jungle illustrated the harsh working conditions and ruthless competition that plagued the meat-packing plants in Chicago. Sinclair’s original intention for writing the book was to point out the flaws of capitalism‚ the greed that plagued society
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