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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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    Many works of literature deals with political issues or social issues. One such work of literature is Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. The author uses symbolism and motifs to show the overarching theme of his book‚ the evils of capitalism. The author writes about corruption time and time again as a tool used by the powerful in a capitalistic society. As Jurgis and his family continue to live in Packingtown‚ believing they can be part of the realization American Dream‚ they find themselves slipping deeper

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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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    behaviors of both Major Sinclair and Michael Canaris. Which leadership traits described in this chapter appears in their behavior? The leadership traits that appear in Major Eden Sinclair’s behavior are intelligence‚ because as a leader she is wise in making decisions and has the knowledge in fighting‚ she is well-trained and fits to the task given to her which is to find the medical researcher‚ Dr. Kane‚ who was working on a cure to prevent the reaper virus‚ so Major Eden Sinclair has the fighting strategy

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    in America‚ as not only were blacks segregated still‚ but races from all over the world who immigrated to America were segregated just as much. In “The Jungle”‚ it is stated “…there was an agent who helped them‚ but he proved a scoundrel and‚ and got them into a trap with some officials‚ and cost them a good deal of their precious money…” (Sinclair 471) and “…when they said ‘Chicago‚’ people no longer pointed in some direction‚ but

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    The Jungle Book is a book written by Rudyard Kipling. This book tells a story about animals and people living together in the jungle. It takes place in India where a baby boy is raised by a pack of wolves that found him alone in the jungle. In this story there are many different animals that help teach Mowgli‚ the boy raised by wolves‚ all the ways of living in the jungle. In the beginning of the book‚ a baby is found by a pack of wolves at the entrance of their cave. They call him‚ a man cub‚ name

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    some wolves did not thought so‚ they always believed that “What have the free people to do with a man’s cub?” (Kipling 1909‚ 16). No one could look between his eyes in the jungle‚ not even Shere Khan. His eyes were a major indication of the humanness in him. ‘He has eyes that make the jungle people afraid’. In The Second Jungle Book‚ we are told that “And yet the look in his eyes was always gentle. Even when he fought‚ his eyes never blazed as Bagheera’s did” (Kipling 1895‚ 286). In every situation

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    Alexandra Ayres History April 13‚ 2013 Book Review of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair The Jungle is a 1906 novel written by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair‚ and it first appeared in a Socialist newspaper. It has become a classic not only for the heart-rending story in the pages‚ but because of deeper social and political commentary within it. It tells a sad story of the harsh realities that awaited many immigrants as they came over to America in the early 1900’s. It is not known

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    the Amazon Jungle. I do know that the painting is on canvas and is made with acrylic paint. Firstly‚ I will be talking about the elements I found in this painting. The artist uses mostly curved lines in this painting‚ this definitely keeps the

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    In The Jungle by Upton Sinclair‚ the main character‚ Jurgis is the hero. He moves from Lithuania to America to give his new wife‚ Ona‚ so that she can live the American dream. Soon after their immigration‚ Ona and Jurgis realized that the USA wasn’t all it was said to be‚ Jurgis still fought and worked hard to give Ona the best life. Some of these things include‚ getting a bad job‚ putting a roof over Ona’s head‚ and always staying strong when bad things happened. Jurgis keeps fighting through his

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