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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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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by the government? The answer came via an enterprising young writer named Upton Sinclair. Sinclair’s publication‚ The Jungle‚ shined a light into the dark and dreary life of a meat packer in Chicago. The Jungle horrified and disgusted readers. The book even had implications on the federal level. President Theodore Roosevelt‚
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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
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The American Dream within The Jungle The Jungle is the account of an immigrant who discovers the American Dream can only be a fable under America’s capitalist system. Upton Sinclair wrote the novel after spending some weeks working in the meat packing industry‚ basing many of the events and conditions described in the novel on the notes he took firsthand. "[The Jungle] is remembered as a stomach-turning exposé of unsanitary conditions and deceitful practices in the meat packing industry; as such
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Often when a story is read followed by the viewing of the live adaptation‚ the live version pales in comparison. This is mainly because the imagination can create a far more detailed and vivid picture than will ever be created on screen. In the case of Wheeler’s teleplay versus the original short story of Ross’s "Ones’ a Heifer"‚ it is no different than any other‚ Ross’s work is superior in its plot‚ characters‚ and theme. It is clearly evident that the plot of the short story by Ross is a superior
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Upton Sinclair vs. Henry Ford Almost everyone has heard of Ford Motor Company. Ford sells millions of cars‚ trucks and SUVs and has advertisements almost everywhere. It is nearly impossible to have not. While Ford is a prominent player in American industry‚ little attention is paid to the industry that ensures that the hamburger we just ate is sanitary. Henry Ford started the Ford Motor Company which produced the first wide selling automobile that changed the way America moved. Upton Sinclair wrote
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Text Analyses “Arrowsmith” by Sinclair Lewis Starting reading the extract from the novel of the first American awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature one can predict that the whole book is quite subjective. The description of the geographical position of the state Winnemac and its largest city makes exactly such impression. But when the reader goes on he faces really vivid examples of hyperbola‚ epithets‚ zeugma‚ metaphors and other stylistic devices. One becomes immersed in the bright‚
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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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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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