America is often known as the land of opportunities. For decades‚ immigrants have migrated to America to try and obtain the American Dream. In the novel‚ The Jungle by Upton Sinclair‚ the American dream is very difficult if not impossible to achieve for many immigrants such as the Lithuanians due to their lack of money and differences. The Lithuanians emigrated to America thinking they would finally be able to live the American Dream until they are faced with the reality of difficulties: dangerous
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Throughout Upton Sinclair’s novel‚ The Jungle‚ Jurgis Rudkus descends into an abyss of poverty as he journeys through the industrialized urban jungle known as Packingtown. Allowing a family of Lithuanian immigrants to be his farmhands‚ Upton Sinclair plants the seeds of socialism into readers’ minds‚ hoping for a prosperous season. Jurgis’s journey through the depths of American Capitalism tarnish his soul‚ leaving him a mere shell of his former self. The slow annihilation of Jurgis’s family at
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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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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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“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 that made canned goods. Sinclair wrote this novel to show how the workers were treated and how our foods were being made. Sinclair uses imagery in his piece. An example of this “...and in some of which there were open vats near the level of the floor‚ their peculiar trouble was that they fell into the vats…” (Sinclair ). Sinclair’s main purpose of
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Many of us have heard this saying before whether it is in the sports world‚ in school‚ at work‚ or maybe even at home. The lesson taught is to show teamwork and care for the benefit of one’s teammates. Ideally this lesson will work out‚ though in Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle the saying is proved to false. Taking place in a capitalist society‚ the novel depicts the polar treatment of individuals during this time. The wealthy few would benefit from the hard and dangerous work of the poor many; while
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Lit Analysis The Jungle Workers and citizens today have Upton Sinclair to thank for the improved working conditions and higher regulations in the food industry. In The Jungle‚ Upton Sinclair uses vivid imagery and figurative language to expose the extremely unpleasant working conditions of immigrants and the Capitalist ideology of early 1900’s Chicago . A large Lithuanian family comes to Chicago in hopes for better life and work. The main character Jurgis is eager to work after a new marriage
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Overview: Sinclair Company is considering the purchase of new equipment to perform operations currently being performed on different‚ less efficient equipment. The purchase price is $250‚000‚ delivered installed. Sinclair production engineer estimates that the new equipment will produce savings of $72‚000 in labor and other direct costs annually‚ as compared with the present equipment. She estimates the proposed equipment’s economic life at five years‚ with zero salvage value. The present equipment
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|Upton Sinclair Questions | Upton Sinclair was called a "muckraker." How did Sinclair "muckrake" for social reform? Sinclair muckraked for social reform by writing about the realities of life such as the meat-packing industry and letting the world know what it was really like. Sinclair was convinced ".... through art one could cause change." What was established as a direct result
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Rhetorical Analysis of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle The Jungle‚ being a persuasive novel in nature‚ is filled with different rhetorical devices or tools used by Sinclair to effectively convey his message. Sinclair’s goal of encouraging change in America’s economic structure is not an easy feat and Sinclair uses a number of different rhetorical devices to aid him. Through his intense tone‚ use of periodic sentencing‚ descriptive diction and other tools of rhetoric‚ Upton Sinclair constructs a moving
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