Dexter Patrick S. Baltazar NASC 10/ Planet Earth-Jungles Last meeting‚ we viewed a documentary entitled Jungles (Planet Earth Diaries episode) that focused mainly on the ecosystem and different factors involved in tropical rainforests. The emphasis mainly developed around the idea of biodiversity. It is quite interesting that these environments only consist three percent of the total land in the entirety of the world but is a standing habitat to most of living organisms (50%) of different kingdoms
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The Jungle is written by the author Upton Sinclair in the era of Industrial Revolution‚ where many immigrants are moving to the United States with the expectation of living “American Dream”. The novel is situated in Chicago in the area of largest slaughtering and meat packaging industries. Even though this book touched hearts of many people‚ it was not meant to be just a story for one to read and feel compassion‚ but Sinclair wanted to open eyes of many people to show the greed of capitalism and
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sausage but‚ in actuality‚ they are eating feces! This “place” was America in 1906 and the years before. For years and years‚ ordinary citizens had no idea of the horrors that happened behind the scenes of the meatpacking industry. That was until “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair. This book unmasked the monstrosity that was the meatpacking industry and impacted audiences like no other book has. Sinclair used graphic depictions such as dead rats being put in the food and spoiled meat still being used to impact
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In The Jungle by Upton Sinclair‚ the main character‚ Jurgis is the hero. He moves from Lithuania to America to give his new wife‚ Ona‚ so that she can live the American dream. Soon after their immigration‚ Ona and Jurgis realized that the USA wasn’t all it was said to be‚ Jurgis still fought and worked hard to give Ona the best life. Some of these things include‚ getting a bad job‚ putting a roof over Ona’s head‚ and always staying strong when bad things happened. Jurgis keeps fighting through his
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Alexandra Ayres History April 13‚ 2013 Book Review of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair‚ and it first appeared in a Socialist newspaper. It has become a classic not only for the heart-rending story in the pages‚ but because of deeper social and political commentary within it. It tells a sad story of the harsh realities that awaited many immigrants as they came over to America in the early 1900’s. It is not known
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Many works of literature deals with political issues or social issues. One such work of literature is Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. The author uses symbolism and motifs to show the overarching theme of his book‚ the evils of capitalism. The author writes about corruption time and time again as a tool used by the powerful in a capitalistic society. As Jurgis and his family continue to live in Packingtown‚ believing they can be part of the realization American Dream‚ they find themselves slipping deeper
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encountered socialist philosophy‚ and became an avid supporter of the Socialist Party. Sinclair published five books‚ he spent weeks in the city’s meatpacking plants‚ learning everything about the work itself‚ the lives of workers‚ and the business. The Jungle a biography‚ was then brought up from this research the first few publishers whom Sinclair approached told him that his book was too terrible‚ and so
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Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever | RLE 7.2 Batch 2012 | | DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER Philippine Hemorrhagic Fever was first reported in 1953. In 1958‚ it was renamed as Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever as it became a notifiable disease in the country. Recently‚ dengue has indeed become a major health concern. All persons are susceptible to dengue infection‚ with both sexes equally affected. The age groups that are most dominantly affected are preschoolers and school age children. Adults and infants are
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The Jungle‚ by Upton Sinclair takes the reader on a journey through the inadequate factory conditions throughout the industrial revolution. The Jungle introduced us to the the Rudkus family‚ with the father (Jurgis) being the main character of the book. Upton Sinclair uses this family to show how extremely terrible the environment was for new immigrants into America. As the story begins to unravel Upton becomes frustrated with the capitalist society; He had been cheated plenty of times out of work
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caused by members of the Brucella genus that can infect humans but primarily infects livestock. Symptoms of the disease include intermittent fever‚ sweating‚ chills‚ aches‚ and mental depression. The disease can become chronic and recur‚ particularly if untreated. Also known as undulant fever‚ Malta fever‚ Gibralter fever‚ Bang’s disease‚ or Mediterranean fever‚ brucellosis is most likely to occur among those individuals who regularly work with livestock. The disease originated in domestic livestock
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