Jungle Cubs

The Jungle: Dialect Journals Quote Ch. # Pg. # Response/Analysis “It was one of the laws of the veselija that no one goes hungry; and, while a rule made in the forests of Lithuania is hard to apply in the stockyards district of Chicago, with its quarter of a million inhabitants, still they did their best, and the children who ran in from the street, and even the dogs, went out happier.” Chapter 1 Page 7 Why is it hard for a rule from Lithuania to be applied in Chicago besides the large population

After reading the book “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair it is apparent to me that even though the book was written many years ago the issues are still relevant to this day. Sinclair raises a few issues in his novel such as the harsh working conditions in the United States and the unsafe and unhealthy practices in the industrial businesses. During the early 20th century the industrial movement was causing much pain and death to the working class. Some if these issues are relatable in today’s age and

What horrible experiences cause major changes in Jurgis Rudkus throughout The Jungle? Throughout The Jungle, Jurgis experiences many horrible things that cause him to change from a peaceful individual to a criminal. The first event one was when he found out what Connor was doing to his wife. After that is when his wife,Ona, dies due to complications of childbirth. The most impactful moment is when Jurgis found out his son Antanas drowned. These events caused Jurgis to stop believing in the American

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a book set in the Stockyards of Chicago in the early 1900’s. The book has multiple characters, but it mainly follows the character of Jurgis Rudkus who is a Lithuanian man struggling to get by once he moves to America with his love interest and family. This book brought attention to major problems and scandals in the industries, and therefore brought change to the States that is still visible to this day. One of the many conflicts during this time were companies selling

In the novel The Jungle, the Author Upton Sinclair writes about a failed attempt to achieve the American dream by a Lithuanian family. The story takes place in the city of Chicago in a place called Packingtown. Most immigrants like Jurgis and his family go to packingtown thinking they will be able to achieve this so called “dream” but shortly come to realize that it's impossible. While the novel's exposition prepares the reader to believe the American dream will be the main theme later detail suggest

“The Jungle”, written by Upton Sinclair, Jr is a novel based on the hardships of immigrants in the early twentieth century. The author focuses in on a family that immigrated all the way from Lithuania to Chicago Illinois. They came to the states in hope for an abundance of opportunities, and a promising future but soon came to realize that their images of the American dream were anything but true. One of the immigrants from Lithuania in the story, Jurgis Rudkus, is a strong unswerving (future) husband

Particularly, off of Born to Run is “Jungleland”: an almost ten minute long epic that closes the album. Particularly, it is characterized as a romance set upon a backdrop of gang-oriented violence. Various aspects of the song have warranted scrutiny; notably, it has been widely argued as to whether the song takes place in the cities of New Jersey or the streets of Uptown New York City, and whether the protagonists of the piece are affiliated with the mafia or street gangs. While the meaning behind

1. The Jungle tells the story of one Lithuanian family's journey to America to seek a better life. When the Rudkus family first arrive, they are naively hopeful about their prospects in America and have dreams of owning a home, marrying, and having children. Once they arrive, their dreams are not easy or even possible to achieve. Ona and the children must go to work, family members die as a result of brutal working conditions, and the family is cheated into signing a lease on a home, which they eventually

Muckrakers According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary a muckraker is someone who “searches out and publicly exposes real or apparent misconduct of a prominent individual or business” (“Muckraker”). During the 1890s to the 1920s, muckrakers were a group of American journalists who exposed the corruption in society and informed the public about important social issues. The term muckraker originally came around when President Roosevelt gave a speech about reporters who exposed political and corporate

There are a million people, men and women and children, who share the curse of the wage-slave; who toil every hour they can stand and see, for just enough to keep them alive; who are condemned till the end of their days to monotony and weariness, to hunger and misery, to heat and cold, dirt and disease, to ignorance and drunkenness and vice! And then turn them over to me, and gaze upon the other side of the picture. There are a thousand-ten thousand, maybe-who are master of these slaves, who own