Kaylie Lewis APUSH Turning Points in American history 3rd 1-4-16 Sinclair‚ Upton. The Jungle. Cambridge‚ MA: R. Bentley‚ 1971. Print. Upton Sinclair had a very successful life which gave him many qualifications for all the books he has written. When he first thought of the idea for “The Jungle” he decided that he should go undercover for seven weeks inside of an actual meatpacking plant in Chicago‚ in order to get all the information he would need to accurately write his novel. He was also well
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based on the real Armour & Co. ("Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle"). Through Rudkis‚ Sinclair gained the opportunity to reveal his findings on the corruption of Packingtown. Appeal to Reason published The Jungle as a serial‚ putting out one chapter per week beginning in late February 1905 (Cherny). Almost immediately sales boomed‚ reaching 175‚000 copies sold per issue. Hoping to reach a larger audience‚ Sinclair set about trying to have his book published‚ but publishers were wary of being sued by the
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People can express their views through movies‚ songs‚ and books. Many books have had serious effects on American viewpoints. Examples of books that have changed American society are Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ The Jungle‚ The Grapes of Wrath. The Jungle exposed the cruel treatment of labors and how poorly food was produced by the large food producers. A movie that updates us on the current state of the food industry is Food Inc. Comparing The Jungle and Food Inc. will help show the progression of the food
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Grasshopper Jungle By: Andrew Smith A raunchy and bizarre story of two boys trying to discover themselves in a world filled with giant grasshoppers. The Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith is a fantastic horror/science fiction book. The Grasshopper Jungle had me on the edge of my seat at all the right times. This is the story of Austin Szerba a punk rock and history junky and Robby Brees a very confused teenage boy‚ best friends who are out to discover who they are. Austin and Robby both live in
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However‚ he was not solely famous for his book‚ he achieved many other things in his lifetime as well. Upton Sinclair is considered the muckraker with the largest impact on American society because of the success of “The Jungle” and his other accomplishments. Upton Sinclair is best known for his great works of literature‚ and his most famous work is a novel titled‚ “The Jungle”. Set in the Chicago meatpacking city of Packingtown‚ “The Jungle” is conveyed through the life of an immigrant‚ Jurgis
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the meat-packing industry after The Jungle was published‚ and after reading The Jungle‚ President Roosevelt invited Sinclair to the White House to discuss it. The president then appointed a special commission to investigate Chicago’s slaughterhouses. Although TR did not like Sinclair due to his Socialist views‚ he could not avoid the tornado of complaints by Americans to rectify the food safety situations going on all around the country. The reaction to the book/series of articles was so profound
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It tells the reality‚ the meaning behind Jurgis’ actions‚ and evokes emotions of anger‚ shock‚ disgust‚ and towards the end: happiness from the reader. When Jurgis had thought early on in the book just after he had gotten his first job that Durhams was protecting him and helping him‚ Sinclair chimed in‚ “So guileless was he‚ and ignorant of the nature of business.” (Sinclair 34) Sinclair tells the story from a God-like perspective‚ where he’s
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The jungle Even though The jungle by Upton Sinclair published 1906‚ was very influential in bringing some of the very famous meat regulation but it was not the initial goal of the book. The book’s initial goal was to expose the indignity people face‚ in particularly immigrants and the harsh conditions in which they had to work. The jungle was very instrumental in the reform of the packing industry and generated a huge public outcry that led to the new federal governments’ food safety
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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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