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Ayane Dillard Mr. Smith Economics-3 25 May 2018 The Jungle Critique The Jungle was a book written by Upton Sinclair in 1906 about the terrible conditions and manipulation immigrants faced in the United States in Chicago and other industrialized cities in the US. The novel was centered upon a Lithuanian family who heard stories of America and the better life it had to offer. Excited about all the opportunities in America, the family of 13 including Jurgis Rudkus, Ona Lukoszaite, Elzbieta Lukoszaite

industrial country. However, society was not perfect. Muckrakers were writers who saw and discussed problems society faced. One muckraker “...aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident … hit it in the stomach” (Bloodsworth). The muckraker’s name is Upton Sinclair. Sinclair affected many aspects of society. Without the writings of Sinclair, society would not be aware of certain issues it faced such as capitalistic immorals, extensive needed problems and political problems. Sinclair’s childhood was different

course of history, authors have turned to these conditions in order to create some of the most thrilling novels. Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle is no exception to this. The novel involves the harsh realities of child labor, terrible working conditions, and discrimination in order to provide the public with a story that brings these conditions into the limelight. In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair uses his lifetime experiences, his era of injustice, and his knowledge of Socialism

In the book The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, the author shows the way immigrants were treated in America and how terrible it was. Before most immigrants came, they believed that they can make it in the new world. In America, they could get a new job, be free from religious prosecution, get a house, and live a happy life. But problems for these families started before they even got to America. On the trip over to America they had to ride a steerage which gave many people disease which could lead to death

Upton Sinclair in his novel The Jungle made it clear that the family consisting of Jurgis, Ona, Teta Elzbieta, Marija, and others, were chasing after an almost nonexistent “American dream” in hope for happiness and money in their lives. Instead of a land of acceptance and opportunity, they find a place of prejudice and exploitation; instead of a country where hard work and morality lead to success, they find a place where only moral corruption, crime, and graft enable one to succeed materially (The

Gabriella Kurrus Mr. Kohler Advanced LA II Second Hour 4 October 2017 The Jungle by Upton Sinclair was a novel written to display the crudeness of Chicago’s big business. It tells the life of Jurgis Rudkus, who moves to Chicago, Illinois from Lithuania. He faces many health and employment related issues in his new life. Upton Sinclair uses capitalism as a symbol of evil, and corruption, he does this by telling the health, and employment related issues Jurgis and his family have, while socialism is

The Jungle Essay In the novel The Jungle by Upton Sinclair there are many ways that different literary elements are used to explore a political or social issue. One main issue has to do with the meat packing industry and how the workers are treated. In the novel, the main character had moved to America to find work and live the American Dream but his time in America was anything but a dream. Upton Sinclair uses many literary elements in his work to show imagery, metaphors/ similes and personification

by Upton Sinclair is a story about a family that travels to America in hopes of living the “American dream”. Once they arrive, they soon find that dream is not so easy to obtain. Throughout the book he stresses that socialism is the answer and capitalism is evil. I enjoyed this reading because it really showed what it was really like at the time. People were dreaming of freedom and having the white picket fence house, but in reality most people were struggling to just stay alive. Upton Sinclair

Many people believe Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle to expose the harsh conditions of the meat-packing industry, which led to new federal food safety laws. This, however, was not the only point Sinclair was attempting to portray in this novel. While industry was one of the points addressed in The Jungle, another main point Sinclair wanted to get across to the public was that immigrants were being treated very poorly in American society. By 1904, immigrants made up most of the workforce of the

“How could the text be read and interpreted differently by two different readers?” The novel, “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair can be interpreted differently by modern impoverished American immigrants/minorities and the modern American rich class. “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair is a fictional novel and was published in 1906. It was based on the lives of the individuals he observed in Chicago around that time. He discovered that the lower-working class there was doing horrific work for not enough pay