Upton Sinclair wrote this book for a couple of reasons. First and foremost‚ he tries to awaken the reader to the terrible living conditions of immigrants in the cities around the turn of the century. Chicago has the most potent examples of these conditions. Secondly‚ he attempts to show the advantages of socialism in helping to remedy the problems of a society such as the one that exists in Chicago at this time. Sinclair accomplishes his objectives with an extremely powerful story. Jurgis
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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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The Jungle is written by the author Upton Sinclair in the era of Industrial Revolution‚ where many immigrants are moving to the United States with the expectation of living “American Dream”. The novel is situated in Chicago in the area of largest slaughtering and meat packaging industries. Even though this book touched hearts of many people‚ it was not meant to be just a story for one to read and feel compassion‚ but Sinclair wanted to open eyes of many people to show the greed of capitalism and
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The Jungle‚ by Upton Sinclair‚ is a novel that greatly affected the food industry in America. In addition‚ The Jungle helped pass the Pure Food Act of 1906 and created better working condition. However in Food Ink‚ the feeding lots have played a role in the spreading of E-Coli. Thesis: Although E-Coli is more prevalent due to corn filled cattle‚ the working conditions are cleaner and the food is safer due to government regulations The working conditions in The Jungle‚ compared to the working condition
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Sinclair 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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Raul Gonzalez 5/10/17 3rd block Ms. Fowler PART 1 The moors account uses a motif of Flight and Flying but more specifically freedom by escape‚ returning home‚ with largeness of spirit‚ but all for love. As the Narvaez expedition staggers from one disaster to another‚ Mustafa realizes that his desperate need for the expedition to find the gold is driven by his desire for freedom‚ which he painfully hopes that Durante’s‚ his owner‚ will return to him. Mustafa’s remedy for this hopeless desire is to
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Josel Wong Mr. Wear AP Language and Composition 5 November 2009 The Jungle Questions Part I 1. The wedding between Jurgis and Ona is an epitome of the various problems in Packingtown. The way the saloon keeper took advantage of the couple is representative of the dishonesty and thievery from the surrounding society. The crowd stranded outside the wedding symbolizes the helpless and hungry inhabitants of Packingtown. When the newlyweds allowed these people into the wedding they quickly transformed
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“The Real Thing” and “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
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write The Jungle and expose the tendencies of the corrupt society he was living in. His book was published on February 26‚ 1906. He was born to a father who was an alcoholic and a mother who struggled with poverty. He was exposed to the life of the lower class which influenced his portrayal of the struggles he discussed in his book. However‚ he also witnessed the life of the higher class through his mother’s family. During his time‚ the working industries were corrupt and through his book he hoped
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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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