life and work. The main character Jurgis is eager to work after a new marriage with his wife‚ Ona. The family of twelve quickly realizes that things are not quite what they seem. They are struck with hunger‚ poverty‚ injury‚ and death on multiple occasions. As soon as the family is approaching Packington disturbing imagery
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indirect discourse in two ways. In many instances‚ the narrator paraphrases information accredited to a character but does so while maintaining an ironic distance from the character’s ideas” (Taylor 173). In using this technique‚ the narrator speaks for Jurgis‚ declaring‚ “All that a mere man could do . . . was to take a thing like this [the slaughterhouse] as he found it‚ and do as he was told; to be given a place in it and share in its wonderful activities was a blessing to be grateful for” (Sinclair
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Firstly in the salary claims: Jurgis was earning one dollar and 50 cents per day‚ this is confirmed in the historical records. In 1904 it was indeed $1.50 per day ‚ showing Sinclar was not bias here. He accurately describes the growth of the Unions‚ and the strength of the owners . He uses Jurgis as one of the strikebreakers that were so despised by the factory workers. This commentary is accurate in the sense that
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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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Sinclair and Dante: Packingtown‚ Chicago and the Nine Circles of Hell Allie Sheppeck Mr. Cosme English 10 12 March 2012 Sinclair and Dante: Packingtown‚ Chicago and the Nine Circles of Hell Chicago in 1906 was considered ‘hell.’ Is that a coincidence‚ or did Sinclair get inspiration from Hell itself? The workers of Packingtown may have felt that they were experiencing Dante’s Inferno and the punishments with it. Sinclair noticed this as well‚ as he made many allusions to Dante when
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of Jurgis Rudkus‚ a Lithuanian immigrant working in Packingtown. Jurgis sees his American dream of a decent life dissolve into nightmare as his job hauling steer carcasses in the stockyards leaves him so physically drained that he was unable to support his family. This was not the life this immigrant expected when arrived in America. He loses his job when he beats up his boss‚ angry about finding out he had raped his wife‚ then in a sense held her hostage as his mistress knowing that Jurgis wife
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dehumanized the people throughout the novel into “beasts” engaged in a savage competitive struggle where the strong devour the vulnerable? 2. How are the meatpacking houses able to so thoroughly exploit those employed to process the meat? Why doesn’t Jurgis and others simply quit and go to work for another company? 3. In what ways are the employees of the packing houses like the animals that are being slaughtered and processed? Do they have any rights or protections that can be called upon? What happens
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expected America to be very nice and clean‚ with extremely kind people and exceptional job opportunities. When they arrived‚ they found America to be completely different from what they had envisioned. In The Jungle‚ Lithuanian immigrants One and Jurgis travel to America with their families to havfe their wedding and find work. At their wedding they encounter the first of many unpleasant U.S. citizens. The saloon owner gives them a keg of beer from a different night that is only half full although
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Estranged Labor In The Communist Manifesto‚ Marx illustrates how the working class in society is alienated‚ under the system of private property‚ in several ways such from the product of their labor‚ the work itself‚ from species-being‚ and from each other. This private property the workers work on is owned by a minute portion of the population who‚ in exchange for mass production of their product‚ put their employees through unfair labor conditions. This leads Marx to believe that a human being
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society from a free person’s perspective. Furthermore‚ there are other Americans who are suffering from financial difficulties other than factory workers‚ like farmers. In The Jungle‚ Jurgis temporarily becomes rooms through the countryside‚ staying on farms for food and shelter. In exchange for food and shelter‚ Jurgis works for farmers who are in need for a hand. Thus‚ it would be unfair to just help American workers because many
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