century‚ individuals attempted to address problems within American society. Their efforts have had a significant impact on American life. Two individuals that attempted to address problems within American society were Upton Sinclair and Jacob Riis. These two muckrakers revealed the horrible working and living conditions of the lower class. In Upton Sinclair’s In The Jungle (1906)‚ Sinclair showed how unregulated capitalism was in the meatpacking industry. His described the unsanitary conditions
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make you contemplate about becoming a vegetarian‚ and here’s why. The Jungle‚ written by American author Upton Sinclair in 1906‚ shocked its readers worldwide‚ but mostly in the city of Chicago. The novel focused on exposing the true horrors of the meatpacking industries in the United States‚ and the mistreatment of the workers‚
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name of the paper is solving one dimensional cutting stock problem with discrete demands and capacitated planning objective. Cutting stock problems are NP-hard problems and mentioned about what is NP-hard problems. One of classical NP-hard problems which could not be solved within the polynomial computation time is a cutting stock problem. Wongprakornkul and Charnsethikul said that the most powerful algorithm for solving linear problems with many columns is the column generation procedure and after
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Sinclair Lewis was born in Sauk Centre‚Minnesota‚ on 7th February 1885. He was the son of Dr. Edwin J. Lewis and Emma Kermott Lewis. Sadly‚ Sinclair’s mother Emma died when he was only six. In 1892 his father married Isabel Warner. Although he got along with his step mom‚ he ran away from home and hoped to become a drummer boy in the Spanish-American War when he was thirteen. In 1902 Lewis went to Oberlin Academy. While there‚ he developed a religious enthusiasm that fluctuated during the majority
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journalism that affected the masses and catalyzed the reform movements of the Progressive Era. The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair was a story that not only focused on the unfortunate life of a Lithuanian family headed by a man named Jurgis‚ searching for the American dream‚ but also the corruption and reform attempts of the Chicago government and Packingtown. Even though Sinclair discusses the corruption‚ bribery‚ and union system that control the working class‚ it is left to the reader to decide
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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 it aroused the ire of a whole nation‚ from President Theodore Roosevelt on down
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Erikka Solter English 1010 Position Paper November 23‚ 2010 To Eat Meat‚ or Not To Eat Meat Introduction It is estimated that the average American consumes 180 pounds of meat a year. That is double the global average. Over the years while our meat consumption increased‚ our lifestyles became more and more sedentary. So‚ it is no surprise that in America the top three leading causes of death are heart disease‚ cancer‚ and stroke. The cost to treat these diseases are breaking our health care system
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century America was characterized for the strong implementation of capitalism and the belief in social Darwinism‚ which made it very difficult for poor immigrants to pursue any type of economic success‚ or even decent living conditions. The Jungle‚ by Upton
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protecting him and helping him‚ Sinclair chimed in‚ “So guileless was he‚ and ignorant of the nature of business.” (Sinclair 34) Sinclair tells the story from a God-like perspective‚ where he’s in the mind of Jurgis but seems to not control it‚ but has a heavy opinion on Jurgis’ actions and especially those of others. Sinclair once again calls out Jurgis’ ignorance on page 50 after he thinks that he will climb the corporate latter by performing hard work‚ to which Sinclair states‚ “…he would soon find
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The Health-butchering Reality of Americas Meat Industry As the sun shines down on the rolling‚ grassy‚ green California hills‚ the carefree cows contently chew the luscious grass‚ while enjoying an abundance of the joys of life – welcome to a typical dairy commercial. As the cows eat‚ talk and laugh and the camera rolls‚ a voice narrates‚ “great cheese comes from happy cows; happy cows come from California”– the foundational slogan for Real California Cheese commercials that ensures the dairy
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