The Jungle is a novel in which a Lithuanian family moves to America in search of the “American dream.” During this time (early 1900s) America was becoming very industrialized. Industrialization to most people meant more jobs and more money. Though there were indeed more jobs available‚ the working conditions were less than favorable. The main character‚ Jurgis Rudkus‚ is able to find work in one of the large slaughterhouses in Chicago. The company “Brown’s” was a part of the Beef Trust in Chicago
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Upton Sinclair and the Chicago Meat-packing Industry In 1900‚ there were over 1.6 million people living in Chicago‚ the country’s second largest city. Of those 1.6 million‚ nearly 30% were immigrants. Most immigrants came to the United States with little or no money at all‚ in hope of making a better life for themselves. A city like Chicago offered these people jobs that required no skill. However‚ the working and living conditions were hazardous and the pay was barely enough to survive
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force voters by intimidation to vote for certain candidates. In addition‚ he told the story of voters who unfairly voted many times in one evening. In the third selection Upton Sinclair focused on the terrible conditions that were faced in the meat packing industry by the workers. Throughout this selection Upton Sinclair uses graphic and disgusting examples to get the readers attention. For example he states that the workers in the meat factories are forced to rub substances on soiled meat so
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“The Jungle”‚ “The Fish”‚ and “To Build a Fire” all display a life or death struggle while using naturalism and realism. Realism began in the 18th century and naturalism began in the 19th century. The stories deal with everyday situations that we experience. Our lives make up the stories that we write. We deal with realism and naturalism everyday. “The Jungle” is a novel written by Upton Sinclair in 1906. “The Jungle” explores the lives of a family of Lithuanian immigrants that worked in stockyards
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The Jungle (1906)‚ by Upton Sinclair‚ is a story mainly about the life and turmoil of a man who came to American in hopes that he will become a free‚ rich man with a beautiful wife‚ Ona‚ and happy family; this man is the young Jurgis Rudkus‚ a strong‚ energetic Lithuanian whose personality and life are all changed several times over the coarse of the story. Major usually tragic events that occur in the story serve as catalysts for Jurgis’s dramatic‚ almost upsetting‚ transformations. There were
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English III AP - AP( English Language and Composition Course Overview The English III AP (or AP( English Language and Composition) course objectives are to help students become “skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods‚ disciplines‚ and rhetorical contexts” and to help students become “skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes” (The College Board‚ AP( English Course Description‚ May 2007‚ May 2008‚ p. 6). Students are expected to read critically‚ think analytically
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Running Head: THE JUNGLE The Jungle [Writer Name] [Institute Name] The Jungle Thesis Statement In this novel Upton Sinclair shows the problems of working class people. His believe in and contempt for capitalism as described in this story “The Jungle”. The writer explains capitalism in which the labor communities were treated very badly and to survive in the conditions of poverty. The novel rotates around the family of a character Jurgis Rudkus who have immigrated to America from Lithuania. As
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Ivan Diaz August 3‚ 2013 Period: 4 AP English Plagiarism Essay Plagiarism is an issue for some students because it is an easy way to complete work. It is a problem that occurs all around the country and affects students’ education tremendously. Education is always at risk when plagiarizing because one is not learning anything. Students who plagiarize should deal with consequences in order to lose the habit. Plagiarism is not original work‚ therefore it deserves a failing mark or zero. Teacher
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The Jungle by: Upton Sinclair In the book “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair the author gives a critique of the early twentieth century labor practices in the growing cities of the United States. It gives people an opportunity to see all the factors that were going on not only in the meatpacking industry‚ but also the way working people lived and all the challenges that they had to overcome to just be able to survive. It also shows how the working conditions are in the city of Chicago. It shows how
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Kristan Vanderhost English 102-027 A Path To Perseverance The Jungle‚ written by: Upton Sinclair‚ looks under the microscope at the deplorable conditions under which the people who lived and worked at Chicago’s Union Stockyards were subjected to. along with the impact those conditions had on an emigrant family from Eastern Europe. Its plot takes in the Packingtown district. During the early 20th Century the migration
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