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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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    the literary works we have discussed in class are so distinctive from each other‚ yet so similar. In "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Beast in the Jungle" we see how symbols are used to portray and dramatize the theme of the story. We also learned how women were treated‚ or "expected" to act‚ in works such as "The Yellow Wallpaper"‚ "The Beast in the Jungle"‚ and "My Contraband"‚ which then leads to the subject of miscegenation. We also see miscegenation used in most of Chesnutt’s works and in "Desiree’s

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    Throughout the United States‚ history‚ and the hospitality industry overall; The Jungle is perhaps a standout amongst the most accredited book of 1906. Sinclair’s novel has produced global eminence and it has accomplished a lot of open mindfulness. Sinclair’s intentions compressed into the novel were composed to depict the brutal conditions and abused existences of him‚ and other workers. Although pursuers didn’t disregard his existing motive‚ his introduction of wellbeing infringement and unhealthful

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    The book The Jungle was introduced as a novel by Upton Sinclair was financed and published with his own money. Upton Sinclair was a famous novelist and social crusader from California. He was born on 20 September 1878 in Baltimore Md. He was the only child of Priscilla Harden and Upton Beall Sinclair. Upton Sinclair’s childhood was lived in poverty‚ one where his father was an alcoholic‚ his job as an alcohol salesman most likely contributed to his disease. And although his own family was extremely

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    “The Beast in the Jungle” are similar in that both stories discuss the concept of someone trying to acquire something only to realize that he doesn’t actually want it. In “The Real Thing”‚ the artist is looking for the perfect upper class couple‚ while in “The Beast in the Jungle”‚ Marcher is looking to share the feelings of May. Sam Whitsitt writes in The Henry James Review‚ “Sketching out in his Notebooks what was later to become‚ ’The Real Thing‚’ James wrote that the story should be‚ among other

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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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    The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair was published in 1906. It exposed the meat factories and this novel alone‚ changed how the meats were handled and produced. Upton Sinclair exposed how terrible meat factories were. Instead of actually having a book full of fact to interest readers he made up a fictional story  and to make it seem he was not targeting meat industries. Without the efforts of Sinclair‚ America would have slowly crumbled due to  unsanitary meat and the diseases that it holds‚ and

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    The Jungle The American dream does not live up to the reputation that movies and fictional books have filled many minds; with the idea that Immigrants and foreigners have many opportunities. The Jungle shows the reality of what immigrants who have to start from scratch‚ have to deal with while attempting to make a living in the US. Many call the USA the land of opportunity however‚ the US does not provide enough opportunity to the immigrants to allow everyone a chance at making a stable

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    difference between The Most Dangerous job and The jungle are striking and they deserve through scrutiny. Both articles have similarities to one another but also differences. In the article called The Most Dangerous Job it consisted of many issues on how the job is done‚ also on how the employers are being treated‚ while The Jungle is about how the meat is processed. The Most Dangerous job is an article while The Jungle is a novel based on a story. Both stories are about the working conditions in the slaughterhouse

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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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