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    many in countries and sometimes in the U.S. that do it illegally‚ and journalists work to expose this. Spargo’s book is very similar to The Jungle in a way because it also exposed a problem. Although‚ Spargo did not get as immediate of reaction as Sinclair did. When Spargo wrote this book‚ he shows “how children of twelve years of age are legally employed in the

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    without the common man being treated dishonorably. While‚ "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair was only pragmatically a critique of the meat-packing industry‚ it was‚ at heart‚ a call to socialism. His critique brought light upon a problem hidden underneath a camouflage of public focus. That is to say that society at the time thought so little of the meat-packing industry that very few would question the asepsis of it’s production. Sinclair was the only one who had both written of this topic‚ and had his writings

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    American Dream Many immigrants migrate to America everyday with the hopes to achieve their American dream. For most immigrants the American dream consist of finding a country where effort and morality transcend to success. In “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair‚ a family of hard working optimistic Lithuanians migrate to America with the belief that equality and opportunity dictates that all people should have the same opportunities open to them if they put out efforts. They arrive to the US expecting

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    It’s a Jungle Out There Upton Sinclair’s novel‚ The Jungle‚ gives a heart breaking portrayal of the hardships faced by the countless poverty stricken foreign laborers in the slaughter houses of Chicago. In the early 1900’s‚ strikes‚ riots‚ labor unions‚ and new political parties arose across the country. The government‚ with its laissez-faire attitude‚ allowed business to consolidate into trusts‚ and with lack of competition‚ into powerful monopolies. These multi-million dollar monopolies were

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    *Comparative/Contrast Assessment*: Fast Food Nation **and The Jungle Similar to the many real-life stories told by Schlosser in his written depiction of the fast food industry‚ The Jungleby Upton Sinclair is a notable relation of the same type of horrors. Unlike Schlosser‚ though‚ Sinclair writes his book in a fictional story line‚ in which he included great models of figurative language and imagery that strategically capture the reader in a world full of sympathy and belief. In this manner

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    Rhetoric Analysis of an excerpt from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Rhetorical devices are used to strengthen writing and add dimension. When used properly‚ they add layers of complexity to any prose as well as further evidence for an argument. No one understood this better than Upton Sinclair. Four strong rhetoric devices are periodicity‚ the Rule of Three‚ metaphor and rhetorical questions. Sinclair masterfully demonstrates these in a speech featured in his novel‚ The Jungle.

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    for this condition and their proposals for dealing with it. A. Henry George‚ Progress and Poverty‚ b. Edward Bellamy‚ Looking Backward‚ c. Andrew Carnegie‚ The Gospel of Wealth‚ d. William Graham Sumner‚ What Social Classes owe to Each Other‚ e. Upton Sinclair‚ The Jungle During the period of time between 1865 and 1914‚ America went through a cultural revolution. The entire country changed‚ economically‚ politically‚ and socially. Industrialization was the leading factor in these changes. The growth

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    improved social‚ economic‚ and political conditions in the United States. Social changes came into effect once light was shed on the poor conditions that many minorities faced. Muckrakers‚ like Upton SinClair and W.E.B. Dubois‚ highlighted great injustices that led to government intervention. Upton SinClair’s “The Jungle” made government aware of awful meat packing conditions which prompted Roosevelt to push for the Meat Inspection Act (Document B). W.E.B. Dubois’s “The Crisis” inferred that

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    corruption of officials and terrible conditions of the urban poor. One of these muckrakers was a man by the name of Upton

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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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