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    People have to be dishonest to survive in this novel and that's how they have to rationalize it in there minds.The book has a unique title, “The Jungle”, This book is riddled with all different metaphors one of them being within the title of the

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    The Jungle by Upton Sinclair‬ was written in the 1900s during the Progressive reform. It is a very interesting book that describes a freshly immigrated family and their struggles in Packingtown, Chicago. This novel is a fiction that had actually taken place in the real life. The author successfully creates the compelling and brilliant characters on the immigrants’ suffering. Sinclair sketches a detail, realistic and straightforward picture of a daily activity of immigrant family. This story is a

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    have otherwise been swept under the carpet. One of the most notable pieces was “The Jungle, “by Upton Sinclair. Although he had originally wanted to expose the harsh conditions faced by immigrants throughout industrialized parts of America, he inadvertently exposed the meat industry for their unsanitary practices. Upton Sinclair made the public very aware of what is actually in their meat.

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    Assignment – The Jungle The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a jungle as, “a harsh or dangerous place or situation in which people struggle for survival or success. ” The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, is a dramatized portrait of an immigrant family enduring the turmoil that existed within the jungle of the early 20th Century. The family has difficulty staying afloat due to high living expenses, low wages, cyclical employment, and unending setbacks. These conditions within ‘the jungle’ break their family

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    8/10/17 The Jungle By Upton Sinclair Book Review The working conditions in the US in the 20th century were diffcult since workers had to struggle to survive on the daily bases.The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair does not only highlight the life of American workers but also uncovers the infleunce of capitalism in the US, where workers and employees were destined to fight for a living, while the upper-class reaped the benefits of national wealth.The Jungle gives many examples of the

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    Primary Source Paper Uptons Sinclairs The Jungle from 1906 is a fictional book from the progressive era. Even though The Jungle is a fictional novel, it described conditions that were real during the progressive era, such as working class poverty and harsh working conditions. The novel was written as a way to exploit the real lives of working citizens at home and at work. In chapter nine of The Jungle, Upton Sinclair talks about the lives that the working-class experiences at work. They are horrible

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    The Jungle “I aimed at the public 's heart and by accident I hit in the stomach (Upton Sinclair).” Upton Sinclair originally intended to expose the horrible conditions faced by immigrants as they tried to survive in Chicago 's Meat-Packing District in his 1904 novel “The Jungle.” Sinclair’s book created fear and anger in the public which would lead to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act of 1906. The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA)is a law that makes it a crime to adulterate or misbrand

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    The Jungle by Upton Sinclair portrays a family that is struck by just about every tragedy imaginable. The family of Lithuanian immigrants moved to Chicago in the early twentieth century in search of a new life. The family soon finds out that America is not the haven it was proclaimed to be. There were several main issues that proved to be traumatic for the family. Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle, describes how alcoholism, poverty and people in positions of authority had a negative impact on the

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    Upton Sinclair “The Jungle”, This book is about a family who moved from lithuania to Chicago. The family had their ups and had their downs. But they still manage to barely get passed and survive the new changes. Especially in their living conditions they were in. First they lived in a house with chickens everywhere and then they left. Then they had nowhere to go so they went back. Then they got a house thand they were told it was brand new but it was 15 years old and had no sewage under the house

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    1. The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, was a cause for some forms of Progressive-Era legislation, such as the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. The Jungle depicted a terrible scene of how animals were slaughtered mercilessly. According to the excerpt, "The shriek was followed by another, louder and yet more agonizing — for once started upon that journey, the hog never came back; at the top of the wheel he was shunted off upon a trolley, and went sailing down the room. And meantime

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