Greg Huston Amer. Hist. II 3/22/11 Book Review 1: The Jungle America has always been the country of opportunity and new beginnings. It is a place to start a fresh and better life for immigrants (at least that’s what they think). In Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis wants to better his and several members of his family’s lives. He does this by packing up and traveling to America‚ but he is unaware of the downfalls in his future. The family members who came along
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“Welcome to the Jungle; we take it day by day.” These are song lyrics from the song Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N’ Roses. It explains the McGhee family very well. Most of the time‚ my dad will say‚ “I can’t make any plans yet‚ we have to take it day by day.” Obviously‚ this quote is suitable for my family. My dad isn’t the only person who says it though. I consider my family to be a jungle because there are very many people involved in my family‚ whether it’s step relatives or very far distant
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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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dealt with segregation‚ remaining discrimination‚ and feminism. Segregation was a serious problem 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
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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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that lived there. Surrounded by water‚ paralyzing heat and humidity‚ those that lived there are relaxed and slow walkers and talkers‚ extremely frustrating for an impatient person such as myself. This concept applies to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. The Jungle takes place in Chicago. This enables Sinclair to reveal the horrible working conditions of meat factories as well as the corrupt owners of the factories. Chicago’s winters are harsh‚ which emphasizes the difficult times the family faces. Multiple
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States‚ the racism against African American’s has put them through much oppression‚ and many walls have been built up over the years between African Americans and other ethnic groups. As a result of the barrier between these ethnic groups‚ the movie Jungle Fever‚ written and directed by Spike Lee has many aspects of stereotypes against African Americans‚ not only how whites perceive them‚ but also how African Americans see themselves. In the movie‚ there is a major sign of symbolic interaction which
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The Jungle was about a family that traversed to America from Lithuania. They thought that life was fomenting to be grand along with jubilant. When they landed here‚ they began to notice themselves in a world of umbrageous. A world with debt together with constantly working. One of the preeminent characters‚ Jurgis‚ was the man of the family as well as he was often depended on by his family. Jurgis was indignant one time at work furthermore‚ they were greatly piqued by this event. They confided
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The Jungle is a novel in which a Lithuanian family moves to America in search of the “American dream.” During this time (early 1900s) America was becoming very industrialized. Industrialization to most people meant more jobs and more money. Though there were indeed more jobs available‚ the working conditions were less than favorable. The main character‚ Jurgis Rudkus‚ is able to find work in one of the large slaughterhouses in Chicago. The company “Brown’s” was a part of the Beef Trust in Chicago
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There are many corruptions during late 19th century to early 20th centuries‚ such as political corruption‚ law corruption‚ social corruption and economic corruption. In this book‚ Sinclair uses one event to show the law corruption and economic corruption. When Jurgis finds out One was raped by her boss‚ Connor‚ he was extremely angry so he beats Connor. In the court‚ the judge only listens to what Connor said and he doesn’t care about Jurgis’s explanation (97). As a result‚ Jurgis needs to stay
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