we live in today‚ many thrive and many are left to dig through trashcans. It has been a constant struggle throughout the modern history of society. One widely prescribed example of this struggle is Upton Sinclair ’s groundbreaking novel‚ The Jungle. The Jungle takes the reader along on a journey with a group of recent Lithuanian immigrants to America. As well as a physical journey‚ this is a journey into a new world for them. They have come to America‚ where in the early twentieth century it was said
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Into the Jungle Chapter 8: A Sickle-Cell Safari 1) How did Tony Allison’s early life experiences in Kenya prepare him to make the discovery of the sickle cell-malaria link? Tony Allison’s early life experiences in Kenya prepared him to make the discovery of the sickle cell-malaria link because at a young age‚ Tony himself caught malaria. Tony’s experience with the disease led him to change his motivation and goals towards medical school instead of becoming a naturalist or anthropologist. When
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TITLE: DESCRIPTIVE: A NIGHT OF HELL SUBJECT SENTENCE: I AM GOING TO DESCRIBE TO YOU THE NIGHT THAT I WORKED BEHIND THE BAR‚ WAITRESSED‚ AND TOOK LIQUIOR COUNT. INTRODUCTION: I. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE GONE TO WORK AND HAD TO DO SOMEONE ELSE’S WORK ON TOP OF YOUR OWN? II. I DEFINITELY HAVE. LET ME DESCRIBE TO YOU THE NIGHT THAT I CALL THE NIGHT OF HELL‚WHERE I NOT ONLY HAD TO DO MY JOB BUT THE JOB OF SOMEONE ELSE AS WELL. BODY: I. MY REGULAR JOB DUTIES AT WORK. A.) I WAS REQUIRED
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direction. Some time past‚ but I was hard to decide how much. It’s never easy to measure time when your mind is in other places. I soon hit some heavy brush. I started my way through the brush‚ slashing through the thick thicket like a mercenary in a jungle. Towards the end though dense fog began to cover the woods; morning was approaching. I had no clue how further north I needed to travel‚ but I did know that this fog wasn’t getting any thiner. It seem after a few hundred yards‚ it was getting harder
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Descriptive Portrait: My Grandmother When I picture my grandmother‚ I envision shiny grey hair‚ bright blue eyes‚ and the softest hands I have every felt. She is 94 years old and has 12 children. Virginia Irene Dill has raised many children‚ and that makes her the strongest person I know. When I walk through the door of her 75 year old home‚ I think of all the pain and joy my grandmother went through there. After so many years‚ our time together was not quite the same as it used to be since ten
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The main theme of The Jungle is the evil of capitalism. Every event‚ especially in the first twenty-seven chapters of the book‚ is chosen deliberately to portray a particular failure of capitalism in Sinclair’s view‚ inhuman and violent. The slow total destruction of Jurgis’s immigrant family at the hands of a cruel and unfair economic and social system shows the effect of capitalism on the working class as a whole. As the immigrants‚ who initially possess an idealistic faith in the American Dream
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Book Review on The Jungle As in any classic novel‚ there are several themes that contribute to the betterment of the story. However‚ the most prominent seems to be that capitalism is the root of the evils in the world‚ and socialism is the only cure. In my opinion‚ this is an excellent theme‚ because Sinclair truly persuades the reader into the belief that socialism is far superior to capitalism. He creates a sort of propaganda for the cause of socialism. The theme is developed subtly. The author
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Tips for Drafting an Essay ( The Narrative/Descriptive Essay) 1. Begin brainstorming‚ clustering‚ and/or free writing to help you find or narrow a topic. 2. I actually like a free writing because I like to see words on a page. This is the actual beginning of a draft. Use free writing to help you figure out how much you have to say about your topic. Feel free to take parts of the free writing and elaborate on parts of your story. a. Example: if you are writing a physical story (racing in a car
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The beginning of ‘The Jungle by Upton Sinclair starts with the wedding of Ona Lukoszaite and Jurgis Rudkus who are immigrants that arrived in Chicago from Lithuania. Their wedding takes place in an area of Chicago called Packingtown due to it being the center of the meat packing industry. During the celebration the guest are supposed to drop money into a hat to help pay for the wedding. But most guest dropout of the party without contributing any money and the newlyweds are unable to pay the bill
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Description of a Remarkable Place My remarkable place that I will be talking about in this essay is an amusement park called Six Flags. It was one of my most favorite places to visit and I was there with my family members. The amusement park was also in a larger city and it was our first time visiting. This essay will consist of three hundred words and 3 short essays. There are many other parks in the United States with the name “Six Flags‚” but I went to the one in Arlington‚ Texas. Arlington Texas
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