history that has been peaceful. Upton Sinclair‚ in his novel‚ The Jungle‚ an expose of the meatpacking industry‚ became an enormous bestseller translated into seventeen languages within weeks of its publication in 1906. But while The Jungle has long been associated with food production‚ the book is actually a much broader critique of early twentieth-century business and labor practices in the rapidly growing cities of the United States. The Jungle is the story of Jurgis Rudkus and his
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In the satirical novel Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis‚ Babbitt goes through life under the assumption that the only way to achieve happiness is through conforming in society. He looks towards wealth and material possessions to provide him with that happiness and social status. Once he becomes aware of his ignorance‚ he makes an effort to change his ways. However‚ Babbitt’s way of thought‚ filled with hypocrisy‚ is too far gone. Throughout most of the novel‚ Babbitt is ignorant with regard to how much
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The Jungle v. Fast Food Nation Brenton Beardsley Illinois Valley Community College In the book‚ The Jungle and Fast Food Nation‚ there was several points that were brought up about the values‚ beliefs‚ political ideas‚ and institution. These topics played an important role in both of the books‚ as many people just like the family in‚ The Jungle‚ face several hardships in our country to this day. During these hard times people find several ways to get to their inner self and overcome these
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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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http://ezinearticles.com/?Local-Color-in-Literature&id=3074106 The setting plays major role in prose fiction. The dialect spoken‚ the customs observed‚ the dress code prevalent‚ and the way of living all can be peculiar to a particular region. This sort of setting is called a local color of the area or region. You must have come across such peculiarity of an area while reading a prose or a novel. Such beautiful local color called "Wessex" (present-day Dorset) is painted by Thomas Hardy in his
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The Canadian Prairies are notorious for its winter’s harsh‚ unforgiving climate. They represent not only humankind’s perseverance for survival‚ but unrelenting isolation‚ and the despair that can follow. In “The Painted Door” by Sinclair Ross‚ a discontent housewife gives into temptation after being left alone by her husband. A person will resist isolation‚ because when left alone‚ they will give in to temptatious thoughts‚ affecting their view on their relationships. Physical solitude will dictate
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TUTH12:30-2:00 The Jungle Term Paper The Jungle is a book about the hardships of the working class‚ and the false thoughts about the United States. The book follows the story of the Lithuanian family‚ and how the harsh conditions‚ low pay‚ and corrupt people affect their life. Many of these problems still occur among the working class‚ and to a certain level to the minorities. Not only that‚ the suffering of each family member and the process of getting to the top is very similar to what many of the people
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Colors of the Rainbow ENG/125 January 31‚ 2011 Race‚ segregation‚ and discrimination is still being talked about even to this day after everything that had went on. It only seems right that race and ethnicity is discussed in the month of black history. This is the time that we celebrate the accomplishments of one special man that allowed us to see past color and ethnicity; the one we call Dr. Martin Luther King. We have come a long way from back in the day when two different races were
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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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by many different characters and personalities both living and dead in the graveyard. Unfortunately‚ another topic is creating a buzz about this novel other than its’ awards. The Graveyard Book is being called out because of its many similarities of the much older and equally popular novel The Jungle Book. The author of The Graveyard Book‚ Neil Gaiman‚ doesn’t deserve all of the credit for his bestselling novel because he took the plot and many key characters from Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book
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