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    Greg Huston Amer. Hist. II 3/22/11 Book Review 1: The Jungle America has always been the country of opportunity and new beginnings. It is a place to start a fresh and better life for immigrants (at least that’s what they think). In Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle Lithuanian 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

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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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    The Jungle v. Fast Food Nation Brenton Beardsley Illinois Valley Community College In the book‚ The Jungle and Fast Food Nation‚ there was several points that were brought up about the values‚ beliefs‚ political ideas‚ and institution. These topics played an important role in both of the books‚ as many people just like the family in‚ The Jungle‚ face several hardships in our country to this day. During these hard times people find several ways to get to their inner self and overcome these

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    “Welcome to the Jungle; we take it day by day.” These are song lyrics from the song Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N’ Roses. It explains the McGhee family very well. Most of the time‚ my dad will say‚ “I can’t make any plans yet‚ we have to take it day by day.” Obviously‚ this quote is suitable for my family. My dad isn’t the only person who says it though. I consider my family to be a jungle because there are very many people involved in my family‚ whether it’s step relatives or very far distant

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    The Power of Money and Greed in Society The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was published almost century ago and it showed the Americans the problems that existed in the early nineteenth century‚ the industrialization timeline. Sinclair’s target was the workers who were mistreated in various workplaces‚ such as the meat packing companies in Chicago‚ so that they may be treated fairly. Sinclair wanted a future society where common people (those mostly that worked at the workplaces) to form a group and

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    Despite‚ The Jungle by Upton Sinclair showing a horrific struggle of America’s working-class‚ the federal government does not have the responsibility to enact policies or take action to help the situation of American workers. This can be deduced through the U.S. government’s tradition of laissez-faire as well as the principles stated in the U.S. constitution. The U.S government’s practice of “laissez-faire” is one aspect which makes it difficult to aid struggling workers. Laissez-faire is a policy

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    The Jungle What kind of family would want to leave behind everything‚ and move to a strange far away city‚ that they almost know nothing about? Now just hold on a second‚ it might seem cool to move to a new exciting place‚ but that’s not the case for the Rudkus 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

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    What We Must Do To Survive Tadeusz Borowski short story “Ladies and Gentlemen to the Gas Chamber”‚ is a compelling story based on Tadeusz Borowski own experiences at Auschwitz Concentration Camp. This horrific account at Auschwitz is described though the eyes of a narrator and Henri‚ one of the forced residents of Auschwitz from Poland. Through the story we see that the narrator and Henri do whatever it takes in order to survive and live a decent life while they are forced to stay at Auschwitz

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    video teaser for Jungle Jim El Dorado Microgaming certainly love to take on audacious projects‚ as some of the brand’s games really do prove to be huge in scope. Showing that they still have the heart and passion for creating titles that really do steal the show‚ they have recently released a YouTube trailer for brand new game Jungle Jim El Dorado. Throwing players into the heart of the jungle‚ this new game is set for early September 2016 release. Built upon HTML5 technology‚ Jungle Jim El Dorado

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    Compare and Contrast: Always a Motive and Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict Recently I’ve read two very good short stories: Always a Motive (by Dan Ross) and Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict (by Michael Bruce). Always a Motive is about a young man‚ named Joe Manetti‚ who is accused of kidnapping. Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict is about five men who are questioned about the murder of sixteen crewmembers. While both Always a Motive and Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict are written in third person and pull at the readers emotions

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