Josel Wong Mr. Wear AP Language and Composition 5 November 2009 The Jungle Questions Part I 1. The wedding between Jurgis and Ona is an epitome of the various problems in Packingtown. The way the saloon keeper took advantage of the couple is representative of the dishonesty and thievery from the surrounding society. The crowd stranded outside the wedding symbolizes the helpless and hungry inhabitants of Packingtown. When the newlyweds allowed these people into the wedding they quickly transformed
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that lived there. Surrounded by water‚ paralyzing heat and humidity‚ those that lived there are relaxed and slow walkers and talkers‚ extremely frustrating for an impatient person such as myself. This concept applies to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. The Jungle takes place in Chicago. This enables Sinclair to reveal the horrible working conditions of meat factories as well as the corrupt owners of the factories. Chicago’s winters are harsh‚ which emphasizes the difficult times the family faces. Multiple
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States‚ the racism against African American’s has put them through much oppression‚ and many walls have been built up over the years between African Americans and other ethnic groups. As a result of the barrier between these ethnic groups‚ the movie Jungle Fever‚ written and directed by Spike Lee has many aspects of stereotypes against African Americans‚ not only how whites perceive them‚ but also how African Americans see themselves. In the movie‚ there is a major sign of symbolic interaction which
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The Jungle revolves around poor immigrants who are constantly subject to trauma‚ disease‚ starvation‚ and death. As consequence‚ they feel trapped in the horrible‚ endless cycle of poverty and unemployment that they must live through every day. Sinclair illustrates
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Annie Leibovitz “A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people.” American fashion and glamour photographer Annie Leibovitz once said. Leibovitz was born on October 2‚ 1949 in Waterbury‚ Connecticut. The third of six children‚ she is a third-generation American whose grandparents were once Jewish immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe. Her mother was a modern dance instructor and her father was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. The family
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Upton Sinclair was born on September 20‚ 1878 and he passed away on November 25‚ 1968. He was an activist and socialist. He was involved in socialism‚ which inspired him to write The Jungle and expose the tendencies of the corrupt society he was living in. His book was published on February 26‚ 1906. He was born to a father who was an alcoholic and a mother who struggled with poverty. He was exposed to the life of the lower class which influenced his portrayal of the struggles he discussed in his
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Alex Wyllie Dr. Bassett IB English HL October 4 2008 The Pricking Thorns of Misplaced Love In Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News the main character Quoyle is constantly plagued by the ill placed love and vision of his wretched late wife. Quoyle is introduced and characterized as a lame excuse for a man who “survives” through parts of his life (Proulx 1). From the beginning of his life both his father and brother view him as a “failure” (Proulx 2). These two being the only two family
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There are many corruptions during late 19th century to early 20th centuries‚ such as political corruption‚ law corruption‚ social corruption and economic corruption. In this book‚ Sinclair uses one event to show the law corruption and economic corruption. When Jurgis finds out One was raped by her boss‚ Connor‚ he was extremely angry so he beats Connor. In the court‚ the judge only listens to what Connor said and he doesn’t care about Jurgis’s explanation (97). As a result‚ Jurgis needs to stay
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The Jungle was about a family that traversed to America from Lithuania. They thought that life was fomenting to be grand along with jubilant. When they landed here‚ they began to notice themselves in a world of umbrageous. A world with debt together with constantly working. One of the preeminent characters‚ Jurgis‚ was the man of the family as well as he was often depended on by his family. Jurgis was indignant one time at work furthermore‚ they were greatly piqued by this event. They confided
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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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