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author of “The Jungle”, Upton Sinclair, uses descriptive details that show the plight of the immigrants, it is the deeper understanding of the difficulties faced from the families in John Steinbeck's “The Harvest Gypsies” that are more efficacious in evoking compassion and inspiring change. In 1906 Upton Sinclair worked side by side with immigrants in the meatpacking industry endeavoring to reveal what genuinely goes on within the factory walls. While doing so, Upton Sinclair uses details that evoke compassion

writing he or she has chosen. The three dominant modes of persuasive writing are Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. While these are exceptionally distinct approaches, all are equally necessary to satisfy various audiences. The two novels, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser were written to reveal the harmful conditions of the meat packing industry after their experiences in the factories. The use of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos helped the muckraker writers portray their concern of

people who protested these companies and capitalism in general. Many of these protests manifested themselves in the form of literature and art. These authors and artists were called muckrakers. One of the most popular muckrakers of the time was Upton Sinclair, who wrote dozens upon dozens of pieces dedicated to exposing the evils of capitalism at the time. One of his most famous pieces is The Jungle, a novel which depicts the struggles of a migrant family from Lithuania who traveled to Chicago in the

founded for a variety of reasons. All four of these intricate topics are themes throughout two books dealing with American workplaces. These books are The Jungle and Fast Food Nation. The Jungle is a political-fiction book written in 1906 by Upton Sinclair that portrays the terrible working conditions and the corrupt lives of immigrants living in America at the time. Fast Food Nation is a non-fiction book written in 2001 by journalist Eric Schlosser that portrays the influence of American fast food

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair details the life of a Lithuanian immigrant named Jurgis, in the late 1800’s. In the novel, Jurgis and his family immigrate to America in order to find prosperity and follow the “American Dream”. However, upon reaching reaching America, they face many trials and tribulations. Foremost, no one in the family is able to speak English, as well as being poor immigrants that are easily taken advantage of by society. Initially, Jurgis tries to keep his head up and tries through

persuasive novel in nature, is filled with different rhetorical devices or tools used by Sinclair to effectively convey his message. Sinclair’s goal of encouraging change in America’s economic structure is not an easy feat and Sinclair uses a number of different rhetorical devices to aid him. Through his intense tone, use of periodic sentencing, descriptive diction and other tools of rhetoric, Upton Sinclair constructs a moving novel that makes his message, and the reasoning behind it, clear.Sinclair’s

In the book, The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis, she gives an inside look on the world of peasantry life in France during the sixteenth century. One thing that really stood out to me as a reader was, how it relates so much to modern day views and how the people in the book, back in the sixteenth century, seem so much like us here in the twenty-first century. Some of the views were the same as well as the reactions to different conflicts throughout the text. Davis focuses more on

“The Jungle”portrays the harsh conditions of the Chicago meatpacking industry in the early 1900’s. Jurgis Rudkus and Ona Lukoszaite recently emigrated from Lithuania to Chicago in search of a better life. The conditions were the cause of Jurgis’s injury to his ankle, which led to his frustrating unemployment. Jurgis and Ona, a couple who planned on getting married, struggled throughout their time Chicago due the treatment of immigrants. Jurgis always prevailed and assured his wife that things would

Throughout history, there have been many problems present in the American life. In the time period between the 1800s to the 1900s, there were many problems such as, poor living and working conditions and powerful monopolies. Many reforms were proposed in order to solve these problems. The grisly living and working conditions, along with overpowered monopolies, were both addressed with reforms. As immigrants migrated to the United States, cities became cramp, living conditions were poor, and working

In The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, Sinclair reveals his attitude towards the the meat industry by saying it is unsanitary, treats their employees unfavorably, and makes everyone who works there dislike it and it is not what the immigrants thought it would be like. Throughout the book, Sinclair uses may qoutes telling about the difficulties that the employees that worked at the meat industry had to go through. During the Industrial Revolution, the rules regarding cleanest in a working place were much