book is set in the early 1900s in Chicago. Many people from various countries in Europe had heard from other people that America was a great place to start a new life‚ that it was easy to find work and get rich fast. The protagonist of this book‚ Jurgis‚ is overly jubilant from hearing this information and decides to move over to America with his family to find work and get significantly wealthy. When he comes to America‚ he is purely ecstatic with his new work conditions‚ even though they’re extremely
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Elizbieta is nervous when she signs the contract‚ as it is written in English and she only understands Lithuanian. The family then comes to realize how they had been deceived when they discover they need to pay insurance on the house. "...That night came Jurgis‚ grim and determined‚ requesting that the agent would be good enough to inform him‚ once and for all‚ as to all the expenses they were liable for...the deed was signed‚ and so the agent had no longer anything to gain by keeping quiet" (Sinclair 75)
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criminals. Residents of Packingtown must have money to pay the inflated prices of food and shelter in order to survive the freezing winters of Chicago. Jurgis‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ being a big‚ strong‚ young man‚ has no trouble acquiring a job in the beginning of the novel. He is prime material for the packers of the industry. Jurgis can keep up with the outrageously strenuous pace set by the packers in order to get as much profit as possible out of their workers. However‚ Jurgis’s father
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resembles the life of Jurgis and his family who faces these struggles in order to attempt to achieve the American dream. The Jungle metaphorically paints a picture of the economic situation and the horrid conditions Jurgis and his family face in the Chicago meatpacking plants. The life in Packingtown resembles the jungle life because the weak and the old are rejected‚ while the strong and the young are wanted for awhile‚ which is the main idea in Social Darwinism. As Jurgis and his family comes
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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 and very poor novelist and political writer in America. He was also the best
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The Jungle‚ an enticing novel that comments on the poor conditions for the workers and products in the meatpacking industry. The main character‚ Jurgis‚ goes through many hardships throughout his life like‚ the death of his wife and two children‚ losing his jobs many times and being injured and screwed over. He slowly loses his idealistic “American Dream” state of mind. Many of Jugis’ problems have something to do with the greed and corruption of others. When looking through the psychological lens
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in which the most you can do is pity them. When Jurgis comes home from jail to find his barely eighteen year-old wife dying‚ the third person omniscient narration guides the reader through the mind of Jurgis: "She was dead! She was dead! He would never see her again‚ never hear her again! An icy horror of loneliness seized him." (190) After Ona’s death‚ one could not anticipate anything more to go wrong‚ but it does. In just a short time later‚ Jurgis’ son Antanas drowned in the street. It is extremely
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plants and stockyards of Chicago‚ Illinois. Jurgis Rudkus and his family‚ immigrants from Lithuanian‚ decided to move to the United States to follow the “American Dream”. They settled in Chicago and started to work in Packing town. Unlike the working conditions of today‚ they encountered the worst working conditions possible‚ testing their family life and values‚ and how authority figures were there for their own gain‚ disregarding basic human rights. Jurgis and his family first arrived in Chicago
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strongly believed in the power of the Socialist party as means of reform‚ so that the working class would finally have a fair chance of survival against the harsh realms of society. By havocking America ’s supposed capitalist induced problems upon Jurgis and his family‚ Upton Sinclair used The Jungle as means of socialist promotional propaganda. The Rudkus family met innumerable horrific occurrences during their struggle in Chicago. The time when the family came to the United States was a period
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greed that plagued society‚ and the poor imprisoned wage-slaves that struggled with starvation‚ disease‚ and the purpose behind their lives. The novel is centered around the tragic yet surprisingly common life of an immigrant worker by the name of Jurgis Rudkus. He first
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