Sinclair uses a Lithuanian family of immigrants to represent the hardships of the working class‚ and because of this‚ is able to explore the difficulties of the immigrant experience in America. Jurgis and his family come to America with hopes of a new life‚ with good money and success. Until around the middle of the book‚ they maintain an incredibly strong belief in the idea of the American Dream. They work hard and have faith that their struggles will soon be rewarded with wealth‚ that will‚ by
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The jungle Even though The jungle by Upton Sinclair published 1906‚ was very influential in bringing some of the very famous meat regulation but it was not the initial goal of the book. The book’s initial goal was to expose the indignity people face‚ in particularly immigrants and the harsh conditions in which they had to work. The jungle was very instrumental in the reform of the packing industry and generated a huge public outcry that led to the new federal governments’ food safety
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Interpretation Arrowsmith (By Sinclair Lewis) Sinclair Lewis is a famous American short-story writer and playwright. He was the first among American writers to receive Nobel Prize in literature “for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create‚ with wit and humor‚ new types of characters." His satirical method is largely based upon grotesque‚ on a revealing detail‚ overstatement‚ understatement‚ paradox and irony‚ the works of his pen are known for their insightful
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Many works of literature deals with political issues or social issues. One such work of literature is Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. The author uses symbolism and motifs to show the overarching theme of his book‚ the evils of capitalism. The author writes about corruption time and time again as a tool used by the powerful in a capitalistic society. As Jurgis and his family continue to live in Packingtown‚ believing they can be part of the realization American Dream‚ they find themselves slipping deeper
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During the time of Sinclair?s novel the meatpacking industry was experiencing its ?heyday? and had evolved from simple stockyards and slaughterhouses into what appeared to look more like miniature cities meatpacking plants. This immense evolution for the meatpacking industry
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Upton Sinclair has famously remarked‚ “All art is propaganda. It is universally and inescapably propaganda; sometimes unconsciously‚ but often deliberately‚ propaganda.” These words are especially befitting for Sinclair’s most famous novel‚ The Jungle. Sinclair’s novel follows the devastating collapse of an immigrant Lithuanian family as a result of the ruthless practices of capitalism. Thus‚ The Jungle is a severe critique of capitalism‚ and it possesses the intention of persuading readers to adopt
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Sinclair‚ Upton. The Jungle. New York: The Penguin Book‚ 1906 Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle is the story of an immigrant who came to America for a new beginning involving a “great” job. The immigrant‚ Jurgis Rudkus‚ comes from a poor family in Lithuania and wants to now support his future wife‚ Ona Lukoszaite by working for a meatpacking factory in Chicago. Jurgis soon realizes that America and its’ people and opportunities are not all that he thought they would be. Sinclair exposes the horrors and
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novel Upton Sinclair shows the problems of working class people. His believe in and contempt for capitalism as described in this story “The Jungle”. The writer explains capitalism in which the labor communities were treated very badly and to survive in the conditions of poverty. The novel rotates around the family of a character Jurgis Rudkus who have immigrated to America from Lithuania. As well as explained about the shameless extortion of migrants in the U.S.A. Introduction Upton Sinclair was a young
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a truly astonishing piece of literature. It’s no doubt that this book is certainly the most eye-opening from all of Sinclair’s works‚ simply because of the enormous impact it had on the meatpacking industry. Sinclair mainly focused on his point of how meat was very poorly packaged and prepared in factories‚ versus stating the overall importance of living a socialistic‚ collective society. The book is set in the early 1900s in Chicago. Many people from various countries
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Regardless of the improvements made by muckrakers some still see them as a nuisance. Sinclair‚ Adams‚ and Bly all invaded someone’s privacy to get their story‚ but in the end their actions helped society as a whole. Without muckrakers there’s no telling how many more people would have been sent to an asylum seeking help only to be tortured
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