“The Jungle” is a novel written by Upton Sinclair in 1906. “The Jungle” explores the lives of a family of Lithuanian immigrants that worked in stockyards that made canned goods. Sinclair wrote this novel to show how the workers were treated and how our foods were being made. Sinclair uses imagery in his piece. An example of this “...and in some of which there were open vats near the level of the floor‚ their peculiar trouble was that they fell into the vats…” (Sinclair ). Sinclair’s main purpose of
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Overview: Sinclair Company is considering the purchase of new equipment to perform operations currently being performed on different‚ less efficient equipment. The purchase price is $250‚000‚ delivered installed. Sinclair production engineer estimates that the new equipment will produce savings of $72‚000 in labor and other direct costs annually‚ as compared with the present equipment. She estimates the proposed equipment’s economic life at five years‚ with zero salvage value. The present equipment
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|Upton Sinclair Questions | Upton Sinclair was called a "muckraker." How did Sinclair "muckrake" for social reform? Sinclair muckraked for social reform by writing about the realities of life such as the meat-packing industry and letting the world know what it was really like. Sinclair was convinced ".... through art one could cause change." What was established as a direct result
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America experienced a large influx of European immigration. These new citizens had come in search of the American dream of success‚ bolstered by promise of good fortune. Instead they found themselves beaten into failure by American industry. Upton Sinclair wanted to expose the cruelty and heartlessness endured by these ordinary workers. He chose to represent the industrial world through the meatpacking industry‚ where the rewards of progress were enjoyed only by the privileged‚ who exploited the
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Upton Sinclair’s novel‚ The Jungle‚ has been a major influence on American History. The novel’s success stems from how it exploited the American meatpacking industry and eventually led to the passing of the Food and Drug act of 1906. Though the novel discusses the American era of Industrialization in Chicago‚ the title refers to this era as a Jungle. Sinclair’s title‚ The Jungle‚ symbolizes the worker’s struggle for a good life in a country where capitalist’s prosperity is defined by their poor
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(“Oxford”). Upton Sinclair fits this quote through his desire for change and improvement. Sinclair was born in Baltimore‚ Maryland and had a hard childhood despite the fact of descending from many southern aristocrats (“Upton Sinclair”). Sinclair was a salesman‚ but ended up drinking too much which led to him living in poverty (“Upton Sinclair”). While he was in poverty was when he discovered the Socialist party and started his writing based on those principals (“Upton Sinclair”). Upton Sinclair was a
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fictional meat-packing firm based on the real Armour & Co. ("Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle"). Through Rudkis‚ Sinclair gained the opportunity to reveal his findings on the corruption of Packingtown. Appeal to Reason published The Jungle as a serial‚ putting out one chapter per week beginning in late February 1905 (Cherny). Almost immediately sales boomed‚ reaching 175‚000 copies sold per issue. Hoping to reach a larger audience‚ Sinclair set about trying to have his book published‚ but publishers
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Madge Saunders Marjorie Prentice Saunders was born in 1913 in St Mary and was trained at Bethlehem Teachers’ College in Jamaica. She then went on to be trained for full-time ministry at the Women’s Missionary College in St. Colm’s‚ Scotland. She also completed training at the Covenant College in Canada and the Presbyterian Theological College in Cambridge‚ England. She went on to distinguish herself as she worked in the church and the wider community both in Jamaica and in Sheffield‚ United Kingdom
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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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Alexia Sinclair Alexia Sinclair seeks to create a complex visual image that allows the audience to view reality from a alternative viewpoint‚ to create a visually exciting environment for the target audience. Sinclair uses a wide variety of different elements within the medium of photographic media. through the use if various lighting‚ computer‚ software and grip techniques she is able to create a unique visual experience that is quite different from what a post modern audience would expect from
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