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    Upton Sinclair had always insisted that The Jungle was misread but did he ever think it could have been miswritten? The style of writing is not effective when addressing issues in a capitalistic society but proves to be very effective when exposing the secrets of the meatpacking industry. The novel is not remembered for being a classic work in literature but rather an important book in history in that it changed the way America looked at food in the early part of the century. Sinclair loses his

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    The title of this book is called The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. The length of this book is thirty-six chapters‚ the uncensored edition marking it three hundred and thirty-five pages long. Originally published on February 26‚1906‚ the uncensored issue was published in 2003 over eighty years later. This book was about a young man and women have migrated from Lithuania to Chicago in search for a better life. They soon learn that in Packingtown‚ the center of Lithuania has no jobs available and the conditions

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    specifically‚ Jurgis an immigrant working man. In The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair‚ Jurgis and his family suffer and experience hardships in almost every area of their lives.The most traumatic experiences for Jurgis and his family were the loss of many family members‚ the hardship of obtaining a safe job‚ and falling victim to swindling. One of the traumatic experiences Jurgis dealt with was the lost of many of his family members. Throughout the book many of Jurgis’ family members dies. Most of them

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    In the novel‚ prime numbers symbolize Chris’s interest in math and his logical thinking. In the beginning chapter‚ Chris explains how he does things differently than others do. Especially in the way that he organizes his chapters of the book. He says‚ “Chapters are usually given the cardinal numbers 1‚2‚3‚4‚5‚6 and so on. But I have decided to give my chapters prime numbers 2‚3‚5‚7‚11‚13 and so on because I like prime numbers” (Haddon 11). Chris’s interest with prime numbers spreads throughout the

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    1.) The character in this book that I would like to discuss is the main character‚ Cadence Sinclair. In my opinion‚ she was the most interesting and complex character. In the beginning of the book the reader finds out that Cadence suffered a brain injury causing her to have amnesia. Because of this‚ she can’t remember what really happened. One thing that really interested me about Cadence was how she would give something away of her’s every day that she didn’t need. She explains how none of these

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    Leonard Woolf’s village in the jungle is a fascinating novel written about the life of the peasants in Sri Lanka during the British rule. The story takes place in a remote jungle village called “Baddegama”. The writer recalls the strange happenings not only within Baddegama but also in its surroundings. The story is between a high cast family and a low cast family and how a foreign man who comes to the village influences these two families. The story goes on describing how the low cast family is

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    The Jungle In the year 1906‚Upton Sinclair published the eyeopening novel‚ "The Jungle". The fictional novel became immensely popular that not only the American people were reading it‚ but the twenty sixth president of the United States‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ also engaged in reading it. The fictional novel takes place mainly in Chicago‚ where a family of twelve immigrants move from Lithuania to the United State of America in hopes of achieving their version of the "American dream". Once the family

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    Blog RSS Feed Archive for the ‘describing a jungle’ Tag Describing a Tiger 4 comments 17 Votes Describing a Tiger This post describes a tiger in a rainforest in three levels. Level 1 is for beginners‚ Level 3 is for intermediate learners and Level 5 is for advanced English speakers. It uses the five senses as much as possible. For much more of these types of posts‚ please check out my new book Writing with Stardust by clicking the book title. It comes with a spelling workbook as well

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    The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair can be considered one of the most influential novels written at the beginning of the 20th century. Though largely known as the book that resulted in the creation of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act‚ The Jungle illustrated the harsh working conditions and ruthless competition that plagued the meat-packing plants in Chicago. Sinclair’s original intention for writing the book was to point out the flaws of capitalism‚ the greed that plagued society

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    Running Head: IMPRESSIONS OF THE JUNGLE FROM A SOCIAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE Impressions of the Jungle From a Social Justice Perspective The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Sherree Boyce Lehman College Author Note This paper was prepared for Social Welfare Institutions and Program‚ SWK‚ 639‚ Section 81‚ taught by Professor Yvonne Johnson The novel‚ The Jungle by Upton Sinclair depicts the lives of poor immigrants in the United States during the early 1900’s. Sinclair is extremely

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