contaminated meat which stunned the public which led to new federal food laws. The book is his fictionalized story of Chicago’s Packingtown. The title was the reflection of the how he saw the cruelty in meat-packing industry. The main character‚ “Jurgis” took the job at the Durham thinking this would help better his life‚ but this job was based on Armour & Co.‚ the leading Chicago meat packer. He witnessed how the company would make the assembly line much faster and still pay workers the same amount
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THE JUNGLE: Essay In the year of 1906 Upton Sinclair published a book called THE JUNGLE‚ which takes place in Chicago. In Sinclair’s book THE JUNGLE Sinclair uses many different ways to persuade Americans to turn to socialism. Socialism is any various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods. In other words socialism is when everyone has to combine the money that they’ve earned then
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and when they healed and could work again‚ they did not have a job. With the poverty level at its highest‚ many citizens had to steal in order to survive. If they were caught‚ they would end up spending the night or even more in jail. In the novel Jurgis is put in jail because he started a fight with his boss‚ who sexually harassed Ona; He was put into jail for 30 days. While in jail‚ he was not able to provide his family with money‚ with no money they sent the children to work. In the 1900s children
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owners. Those had total control over the low class people (immigrants) and abused their superiority. For example‚ in The Jungle Ona confesses that her boss Phil Connor continually harassed her and pleaded with her to become his mistress. However‚ when Jurgis wanted to made justice with his own hands‚ nobody believed him and was send to jail. Likewise‚ when they bought the house they had to pay a lot of taxes and insurance that they could not afford. Many of these individual became poor; while the rich
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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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Sinclair suggests not to explore the psychology of capitalism; instead‚ he simply presents a long litany of the ugly effects of capitalism on the world. In Sinclair’s view‚ socialism is the cure for all of the problems that capitalism creates. When Jurgis discovers socialist politics in Chapter 28‚ it becomes clear that the novel’s attack on capitalism is meant to persuade the reader of the interest of the socialist alternative. When socialism is introduced‚ it is shown to be as good as capitalism
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keep starvation from their door and a roof over their heads. With unions weak and cheap labor plentiful‚ a social Darwinist state of "the survival of the fittest" exists. The real story revolves around the integration and eventual disintegration of Jurgis Rudkis and his family‚ Lithuanian immigrants who move to the Chicago stockyards in hopes of a better life. Unfortunately‚ their hopes quickly disintegrate; like thousands of other unskilled immigrants at the turn of the century‚ financial necessity
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In the middle to late 1800s‚ there was a period in history commonly known as the Gilded age. It was called the Gilded age because immigrants from around the world saw the life in the United States as a magical world of easy living‚ but when they actually got to the U.S they were severely let down‚and plagued with a life of suffering and hardships. In Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle he does an amazing job of illustrating one of the biggest conflicts in the immigrants lives. During this time‚ the
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Especially in the meat packing industries were this family had to endure many hardships. These problems include overworking their employees‚ failing to maintain basic safety measures‚ as well as being completely unsanitary. An example of this is when Jurgis is forced to work in an unheated slaughterhouse during winter‚ and when he sprains his ankle due to an unsafe work environment and has to go 3 months without pay. Not only do the workers receive horrible treatment but the companies’ products do
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hopes of starting new lives‚ but most encountered harsh 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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