The Jungle

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

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

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a tough read that teaches the corrupt policies of capitalism. The narrator, Jurgis, struggles with his new life in America because it isn’t the ideal dream that most immigrants have. Jurgis’ struggles are understandable, but there are many who have never had to experience what he has so it is harder to sympathize and compare oneself to that of a character with no similarities. However, this novel also teaches the hardships immigrants typically went through during

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, published in 1906 was written to depict the harsh conditions that immigrants that came to the U.S. lived in. This book describes the life of Jurgis, a young Lithuanian immigrant living in Chicago in search of the American dream. Jurgis faces many hindrances throughout his life in Packingtown. His living and working conditions, the nature of capitalism, and Packingtown’s environment affected both his physical and emotional states. “From each according to ability, to each

In the book The Jungle, a young couple who has just married, Jurgis and Ona, moves to Chicago from Lithuania with their family. They settle in a part of town known as Packingtown. Jurgis gets a job there, but with the amount of people they have with them, he can’t be the only one. His father, his wife’s cousin, and her step-sister join in trying to find a job. He loses that job and a few others, but after a while, Jurgis’s dad gets sick. He eventually dies from a lung disease, and Jurgis names his

In the book The Jungle there are many different themes, moods, and political views. One of the major themes in this book is that most people are poor. They don’t have a whole lot they squeeze by on taxes, and some don’t even have homes. Most don’t even have enough money to eat every day. Then to go along with being in poverty their moods are just depressed, sad, and gloomy. In the book things would start turning for the better, then something tragic would happen. In the book there is a lot politics

age of imperialism that the United States was on the way to being a world power. However during the early 1900’s the part of history that seems to be overlooked is that of the food and meat packing industry. In an eye opening novel entitled The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, the author tells a story in which exposes the gut wrenching and shocking facts of what actually goes on in these food processing and meat packing factories in an urban Chicago during the early 1900s. Sinclair does a wonderful job

The Mirror to the Jungle Butterflies, they are very interesting creatures. They fly around and drink the sweet nectar from flowers without a care in the world. We humans, on the other hand, go about our daily lives always worrying about something: “I lost my keys!” “I got fired!” “I forgot my homework!” I did realize that butterflies never had to worry as much as we humans do, but I always wondered if there was a butterfly that always had something troublesome on its mind. Today, I will be telling

The book The Jungle, not to be confused with The Jungle Book, is a story by Upton Sinclair. It is a story that revolves around a family from Lithuania that moves to America to live out the American Dream. The protagonist of this story is a man named Jurgis Rudkus, he is an immigrant from Lithuania who comes to America with Ona,who is his fiancee, her stepmother, five children, his future brother-in-law, cousin, and with his father. They hope to be successful and thrive in America. They reach the

Sinclair was one of the most vigorous socialist activist. His literature was a strong influence in the Progressive Era. Sinclair is widely know for both his writings and political career. Although he published over 90 books, his success is due to The Jungle (1906), a true muckraking exposé. Upton Beale Sinclair Jr. was born to Priscilla Harden and Upton Sinclair on September 25, 1878. Together they raised their son in Maryland. Sinclair’s father was an alcoholic who sold hats and liquor for a living