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 in jail for thirty days‚ but Connor doesn’t get any punishment at all even though his sin is more serious than Jurgis. Both of Jurgis and Connor are guilty‚ but the law doesn’t apply to upper-class
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complications capitalism creates is socialism towards the end of the novel. He expresses his thesis through his characters and the trials they continuously go through throughout the novel. Sinclair shows this primarily through his character Jurgis. For example‚ Jurgis and his family members try to buy a house from a realtor who ends up scamming them. The realtor says that houses are going fast to try to rush the family into buying it. He does this so that they will not look into any of the conditions
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immigrant Jurgis wants to better his and several members of his family’s lives. He does this by packing up and traveling to America‚ but he is unaware of the downfalls in his future. The family members who came along with Jurgis are Ona‚ his soon to be wife‚ Jurgis’ father Antanas‚ Ona’s stepmother Elzbieta‚ her three kids‚ and her brother Jonas. When they arrive in Chicago (Packingtown) they are scammed into buying a house as well as at a loss of money for the unpaid wedding reception. Jurgis claims
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Jurgis and Ona‚ have recently immigrated to Chicago from Lithuania‚ hold their wedding party at a bar in Chicago or Packingtown. The couple and other family members like Marjia‚ Ona’s‚ and Jonas the brother of Ona’s stepmother‚ Teta. They have come to Chicago for a better way of life‚ but Packingtown‚ is the center of Chicago’s meatpacking industry. After the wedding celebration‚ Jurgis and Ona notice that they are a couple hundred dollars short to the saloonkeeper. Jurgis feeling ashamed
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will do anything for a quick buck. Soon they reach their destination‚ Chicago‚ and Jurgis and his family began to search for a home‚ and jobs. They buy a house‚ but soon find out there is a lot more to the house than what meets the eye‚ such as interest and the fact that the house is only rented until they can pay it off. After moving in Jurgis begins a job at the meat factory‚ and it was anything but pleasant. Jurgis’ job is to sweep the entrails and calves from cows into a trapdoor in the floor.
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In The late 19th century and early 20th century United States was experiencing great economic change and population growth due to the rise of industrialization and the increase of immigration. However‚ even though the primary benefit and purpose of industrialization is economic growth‚ in this period of time the economic and social gap between the rich and the poor grew more than ever before‚ leading to the surge of socialist groups that demanded reform in workers’ conditions and salary. On the
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book The Jungle. It especially takes a hold of the lives of Jurgis and his family. Jurgis and his family move from Lithuania to the United States in search of the American dream. They believed that life in America would be a happy life where they could have many opportunities and get paid very well. That‚ however‚ was not necessarily the case. What Jurgis and his family were expecting America to be like was not how it ended up. Jurgis believed in the American Dream which was that if you work hard
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working conditions in the city’s meatpacking district. Sinclair’s research was integrated into his novel The Jungle‚ a tragic story about a group of immigrants from Lithuania led by Jurgis‚ the main character that is set on providing for his family while chasing the American dream. Sinclair narrates the struggles of Jurgis and his family’s encounters as they battle exploitation and the virtual wage slavery that occurs as a result of unregulated capitalist greed. Despite Sinclair’s efforts to expose
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household. To them‚ Jurgis‚ Ona‚ and Marija‚ it was indeed exciting moving to Chicago in the late 1800’s‚ to have a chance to. They soon find out that Chicago is making things hard to make a better living‚ than back in Lithuania were they used to live. Upton Sinclair’s book‚ The Jungle‚ describes how alcoholism‚ poverty‚ and people in positions of authority had a negative impact on the lives of immigrants. The first thing off the list is‚ the impact of alcohol on Jurgis’‚
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the fact that Ona does not confide in her husband. Why do you think she fails to do so? Pondering whether Jurgis loves her or not‚ Ona picked not to confide in her significant other. In addition‚ the book stated that “she(Ona) had to be away from him all the time‚ and bear her own troubles while he(Jurgis) was bearing his.” Suffering from destitution‚ lacking joy‚ and bearing weights‚ Jurgis and Ona were not ready to relate to each other’s circumstance‚ since they were attempting to keep themselves
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