The Jungle - Original Writing

It was dark and alone and I felt the need to cry. One by one everyone I have ever loved showed up. My mom, my sister, my late girlfriend, my grandma… I could go on. Their eyes were on me and only me. I was the only stimulus in the room. The yelled at me. I was irrational . I had put them in a situation where they didn’t even know me anymore. I was the monster under the bed and I was the reason why people were scared. They yelled so loud to the point where I didn’t even know if they were screams anymore.

Eva Sinclair came from a wealthy and loving home. As far as she could remember, she had not been left wanting for much of anything. When she found out her family had to move, her father told her that he had received a promotion of sorts. She often wondered about that, how could her father receive a promotion when he owned the company. As it turned out, her father's company was a product of a merger which shifted the executive branch of the company to San Francisco. She just finished her sophomore year in high school, and developed several bonds of friendship. The move saddened her, as distance would eventually sever any bond the she would struggle to maintain. After moving, Eva insisted that she would go to public school because she wanted

American novelist Upton Sinclair wrote a book we all know as The Jungle, which portrays the harsh conditions and terrible lives of immigrants in the United States. In doing so, Sinclair exposes the meat industry’s harsh working conditions, health violations, and unsanitary practices. The Jungle is one example where the communication of a message generated a profound effect on the world. The novel uses rhetorical devices, a distinct tone, and three modes of persuasion to prove the meat industry’s overall lack of sanitation.

When looking into different books for the book report, I wanted to read something different, and something that I knew would help me understand the lives of those who witnessed first-hand what it was like to be part of America during the industrial ages. I had heard a few different opinions about The Jungle, and thought that it might be interesting to see what I thought of it for myself.

In Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle there are many themes that are included throughout the story. Examples of these themes are dishonesty, social classes, Jurgis’s place, and the encounters he has. Most of this novel has smart and well placed metaphors scattered throughout it. These metaphors fill the book with partial sub themes. A good example of these metaphors is the title itself, the jobs the characters work at, the weather, and one of the most important ones, the characters themselves.

After reading The Jungle as well as other texts for this class I agree somewhat that the United States has a history of corporations taking advantage of the working class individual. In The Jungle, there are countless examples of the effects that this type of work had on a person. Characters from the book, like Jurgis, worked long and hard hours for very low wages and under very bad working conditions. Many times, he lost his job from the companies closing for the winter and not needing the workers anymore. The book painted corporations out to be interested just in money with no regard whatsoever to the working class individual. It was seen that workers often times became sick while working or had accidents. For example, when Jurgis acquired

There was a doctor tray next to me with a needle and some type of clear grey fluid next to it. The door was cracked, I saw people walking up and down the hallway. Out of nowhere I hear someone scream. I was trying to figure a way out but other than the trey there was only a door, a small closet, and a window. Thinking of a way to get out I stood on the chair to get out the window, but the chair fell. A loud BAM! The chair smacked the floor. I heard footsteps coming closer, I stared at the door then ran. I could hear the footsteps getting louder and closer. I leaped in a closet and slammed the door. I could see someones feet at the closet door, I was extremely quiet as I had ever been. After 5 minutes the feet left. I peeked my head out of the closet, no one was there, but the door was cracked. The chair was still there I got back on the chair and pushed the window. The footsteps came back the door slammed open; the man had a terrible look in his eye. The man grabbed my foot, I kick him in the face and grabbed the needle, I stabbed him right in the neck. The widow was wide open and I squeezed out the window; plummeting on the ground. I ran as fast and as far away from

I had this feeling, a feeling that is hard to portray, but I needed answers and that is what I set myself out to find. It was just an ordinary school night hanging out with my boyfriend, Dalton

The author who wrote the beloved children’s story “The Jungle Book” is also an accused jingoist ("Kipling, Rudyard"Nobel Prize Winners). Rudyard Kipling was a European man born in Bombay India in 1865. Kipling was born during an age of British Imperialism in India (McNamara and "Kipling, Rudyard" Hutchinson Encyclopedia). He himself was rumored to be an imperialist for Britain. Throughout his lifetime Kipling lived in Britain, India, and the United States of America ("Kipling, Rudyard" World Authors). He used his many experiences from these areas to shape his writings. Kipling was also highly interested in the military affairs of Britain and managed to convince his son to join the military. In turn, this led Kipling and his wife to volunteer in the Red Cross during World War I ("Kipling, Rudyard" Nobel Prize Winners). Rudyard Kipling wrote works that were heavily influenced by different aspects such as Indian culture, British culture, and Imperialism, along with different military action throughout the mid to late 1800s and early 1900s.

As you read The Jungle, write an analysis/reaction journal. You should write one “entry” for about every three or four chapters. This “journal” should consist of your personal reactions to what you are reading and your analysis of the points the author seems to be making and how he is making them. It should NOT be a book report or summary of the plot of the novel. Of course, it will be necessary for you to refer to and describe characters or events in the novel.

The Jungle Book is a collection of short stories written by Rudyard Kipling. The stories were published in 1893-94. Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30,1865 in Bombay, India to British parents, and brought up by Portuguese ‘ayah’ (nanny) and an Indian servant, who would entertain Kipling with famous and fabulo BHATI 1

In the short story The Beast in the Jungle, written by Henry James is a clever psychological fiction. His imaginative realism use of a third person, whose an unnamed narrator, connects the main character’s point of view. By allowing the reader to re-live events that happen in the life of self-absorbed John Marcher, who is so intrigued with himself that he loses sight of the important relationship he has had with May Bartram. Henry James stories, create depth and his contribution to writing has been considered one of the most influential realism writers in the twentieth century. Considering that his brother was the pioneering psychiatrist William James, who originated the term, 'stream-of-consciousness', the train of thought that leads so often to unexpected places and surprising revelations about who we are in the innermost recesses of our hearts and minds.1 Henry James wrote The Beast in the Jungle around his mid-50’s, when I’m sure he might have been reflecting about the seasons from his past, offering up his words on a platter for his reader to digest from their own experiences.

Upton Sinclair’s, “The Jungle”, is a non-fictional novel about a middle class, Lithuanian family that seeked a more laid back, richer life style. Jurgis Rudkus, the main character in the story, was an average Lithuanian man, with a decent size family. He has heard about the amazing wealth and freedom that the United States has to offer, and had saved up his money for a long time before finally moving him and his family to Chicago. After the move, jurgis had started out about the same class as he was in his old country and he soon figured out that life wasn't going to be as easy as he had planned. Finding a job was difficult for him, especially a well paying job. He worked long hours and hardly made any money, and this led to eventually having every one of his family members working for them just to survive. They had not near enough money to be able to move back to their homeland, so they had no choice but to stay and home for the best. As injuries effected several of his family members, there was not enough money being made to even eat. Jurgis and his family suffered many relative tragedies, and sadness outbreaks. All of this eventually leads to jurgis turning into a cold hearted criminal, and most of his family dead, or in prison. This book shows the detail of life in the late 1800s - 1900s in the United States. It elaborated on all of the suffering Americans went through just to find an underpaying job to survive while mass producing companies became rich. Upton wrote

Around the 1880s to the 1910s the work for lower and middle class citizens were awful, from finding a job, to the conditions of it, to how hard it was to keep it. This was a huge factors in the starting of the era known as the progressive era.

They awaken 2 days later. The place was cold wet and the walls covered with blood. There were screams coming from the other room. Joe and jake was nowhere to be found I was so scared. A big tall man said, “ha ha ha.” As he took me by one hand and put me on a blood covered conveyor belt. There was a huge saw cutting up people as they went by. Then I used my shoe, got out my knife, cut the belt. I started running and running and running. I could feel his presence behind me. I turned the corner, hid in the