The Zoo Story by Edward Albee

ZooBreak by Gordon Korman takes place in Cedarville, Long Island. There is this group of friends and there is this one girl named Savannah and she has a pet monkey named Cleopatra and she left her monkey unattended outside in her backyard and by the time she realized her monkey was in her backyard her monkey was already gone. My theme is positivity, mainly because in this story there is a problem and most of them stay positive and in the end it all works out.

In chapter six of “The Social Animal”, David Brooks, through the story of Harold and his teacher, offers us something of a model regarding how we, as students, might effectively study/learn/attain expertise in a given field. Specifically, Brooks argues that students learn best when given time to master new information. As Harold works on this paper, his teacher sets up a guideline for him to follow to eventually achieve the final product, a paper. He first collects resources and reads them, he then rereads them while keeping a writing journal, and then lastly he integrates what he read with his life’s experiences. This process occurs over a large amount of time. As the author himself puts it when learning new material, “there should be a long period of gestation, as [the student] looks at the material in different ways and in different moods.

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was published in 1906. After reading two-hundred and ninety-four pages, it is evident that humans have been shaping the world over time and the world has been shaping us as well. A lot has changed since the industrial revolution, the time frame in which this novel takes place. Our food industries have improved, money value has risen, and job opportunities have expanded. Throughout The Jungle the reader follows an immigrant family on their journey of hardships and losses as they grapple through gory times that was the Industrial Revolution.

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a vivid account of life for the working class in the early 1900s. Jurgis Rudkus and his family travel to the United States in search of the American dream and an escape from the rigid social structure of Lithuania. Instead, they find a myriad of new difficulties. Sinclair attributes their problems to the downfalls of capitalism in the United States. While America’s system was idealistic for Jurgis and his family at first, the mood of the story quickly transforms to assert that capitalism is evil. This theme drives the author’s message and relay of major issues throughout the entirety of the novel. The idea of capitalism and social Darwinism is to

In the power of the Zoot, Luis Alvarez investigates the multiple meanings of the immensely popular zoot suit culture during world war two (Alvarez, p. 2). The youth were extremely influenced by the zoot suit. The zoot suit gave minorities a sense of belonging. Throughout this book, the author discusses race, gender roles, generation differences, dignity, and national belonging/violence during world war two.

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair and Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, by Frederick Douglass both bring forth personal or fictional events that capture the interest of the the reader. The use of pathos in their writing along with true events questions the ethics, morality, and human rights of each individual at the time setting for the publication.

Critics often argue that Upton Sinclair, author of many classic American novels including The Jungle, was cynical and bitter even. However if one were to dig just a bit deeper they may realize that Sinclair was spot on in his idea that this “American dream” that our country sells is actually a work of fiction.

For the quote of Dr. Seuss “If I ran Zoo” it challenges children and individuals to think about what they would do to change the zoo, if they were given the power to do so. Throughout the semester I learned many contradictions about the Juvenile court system. Not only the contradictions but also the seeing lives of adolescents in the film of “This is their Normal,” “Juvies” and the film about the two girls in Juvenile prison. It has shown the difficulties of what the adolescents face when they tell their stories about how they end in prison, issues with their families, and problems among themselves. The adolescents have faced struggles in their childhoods and once they grow up they end up committing crimes that leads them into the Juvenile court system that is giving the adolescents unfair sentences and charges. Although, there were changes in the Juvenile court system since the early 1900’s and after the case of Kansas Charley. Yet there are still some issues happening in the Juvenile court system today that is affecting youth. After learning about the contradictions in the Juvenile system and lives of adolescents in the system, I will introduce the suggestions about changing the system if I had the power to do so.

What societal and government reforms did “The Jungle” call for. Do you feel this novel was effective in bringing about any of these reforms.

As of 2015, immigrants make up more than 43.3 percent of the United States population. By the early 1900s there were already more than 10 million immigrants living in America. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle reveals the struggles and hardships of a family that immigrated to the United States from Lithuania during the 1900s. Although many immigrant families came to America in search of a better life, soon most found themselves barely surviving with no job, food, shelter, or money. As is the case of the family in The Jungle. The novel not only unveils the corruption of the political and economic system during the time, but also exposes the severe torment and misery that was faced by the working class. Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle, describes

Throughout the course of history, many people have used the power of language to manipulate audiences to gather support for their personal agenda or gain. Donald Trump speech is an example of using the power of language to manipulate people. President Donald Trump told about two dozen chief executives of major U.S. companies that he plans to bring many millions of jobs back to the United States. When it comes to the topics of bringing jobs back people will readily agree. In the article “A Change Of Heart about Animals”, Jeremy Rifkin, author and president of the foundation of economic trends in Washington D.C, suggests in a seemingly, unbiased fashion, that animals “are more like us than we had ever imagined” (Rifkin). With the support

In 1906, “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair was published and it created public outrage. Its depiction of working-class poverty, terrible working conditions, and unsanitary health conditions opened a window to the despondent world of the rising industrialized agriculture and food systems. Flash forward more than one hundred years, we are still seeing these same issues at a much larger scale around the globe. Moreover, these issues have evolved into new, more pressing problems that greatly affect the well-being of the Earth’s growing population in unimaginable ways. These industrialized systems have gained momentum over the last couple of decades, becoming an unprecedented multi-national, multi-billion dollar companies. Even though improvement has been vast, there still seems to be various plaguing issues surrounding this particular aspect of the Industrial Revolution. Some of those issues relate to the negative effects on the environment; food production and health; known cases of animal cruelty; and harsh working conditions. All in all, the adverse effects of the industrialized agricultural and food systems do not outweigh the limited benefits.

When Upton Sinclair spoke about his book, The Jungle, he said "I aimed at the public 's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach." (v). Never a truer word was spoken. The Jungle is the story of an immigrant family who arrived in Chicago looking for a better life only to suffer harsh living conditions as well as dangerous working conditions in the meat packing factory, where they were employed. The Jungle also brought attention to the unsanitary practices under which the meat was processed for human consumption. Finally, The Jungle offered socialism as the cure to the suffering of the workers who were employed in the factories. Sinclair, a socialist, credited many of the terrible conditions under which the immigrants lived and

Every novel in the English literature has similarities and differences to another. The comparison between the novels is judged from topics such as the setting, laws, characters and daily living. The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has many similarities and differences with the novel, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. Both novels are comparative as the characters in the books, their relationships and community laws portrayed are very similar and different to each other. The following examples and explanations prove that the authors of both novels are trying to convey similar yet different messages.

In a crowded city such as Manhattan, it was no wonder that a man like Jerry felt lonely. He was without a friend, a mother and father, and the typical 'wife, two children, and a dog,'; that many others had. Jerry was thrown in a world that he felt did not want him, and his human flaw of wanting to escape loneliness led to his tragic death. In Edward Albee's play, The Zoo Story, all Jerry wanted was to be heard and understood, and in the end, after sharing his life story with a complete stranger, he got his final wish - death. The Zoo Story not only tells of the alienation of man in modern society, but also reflects the philosophy of twentieth century existentialism.