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    Examination of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle The 20th century was a time of rapid industrialization. Because of this industrialization‚ Americans and Immigrants faced endless hardships. The novel The Jungle by Upton Sinclair‚ is regarded as one of the most important novels of this time. It is considered an important and valuable analysis of several themes relating to turn-of-the-century life in America. The themes of immigration‚ living conditions‚ and working conditions‚ all expose why The Jungle

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    Babbitt: Conformity In the Sinclair Lewis novel Babbitt‚ the character of Babbitt is completely controlled by the power of conformity. Conformity is so powerful that even after babbitt realizes the stifling nature of the society in which he lives he is powerless to change his fate as a member of conformist society. George F. Babbitt is a man who is completely controlled by the conformist society in which he lives. Pressure to conform lies in all aspects of Babbitt’s life. Relationships

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    protecting him and helping him‚ Sinclair chimed in‚ “So guileless was he‚ and ignorant of the nature of business.” (Sinclair 34) Sinclair tells the story from a God-like perspective‚ where he’s in the mind of Jurgis but seems to not control it‚ but has a heavy opinion on Jurgis’ actions and especially those of others. Sinclair once again calls out Jurgis’ ignorance on page 50 after he thinks that he will climb the corporate latter by performing hard work‚ to which Sinclair states‚ “…he would soon find

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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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    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‚ it becomes apparent that Upton Sinclair does not believe that capitalism and the “American Dream” can coincide. Throughout the novel‚ Jurgis slowly loses his family from his harmful decisions and unfortunate circumstances. This disintegration

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    Stephanie Sinclair The 35-year-old American Journalist‚ Stephanie Sinclair‚ is represented by NGC (National Geographic Creative) based in Brooklyn New York. Her common theme is gender struggles throughout the world‚ in places such as; Beirut‚ Iraq‚ Lebanon‚ Indonesia‚ and Afghanistan. Her presentation of dark‚ eerie pictures that are presented with warm colors create strong emotion sends her message with great unity. Her uniqueness comes from bringing awareness to struggles on human rights in which

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    Kaylie Lewis APUSH Turning Points in American history 3rd 1-4-16 SinclairUpton. The Jungle. Cambridge‚ MA: R. Bentley‚ 1971. Print. Upton Sinclair had a very successful life which gave him many qualifications for all the books he has written. When he first thought of the idea for “The Jungle” he decided that he should go undercover for seven weeks inside of an actual meatpacking plant in Chicago‚ in order to get all the information he would need to accurately write his novel. He was also well

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    The Jungle Questions 1. Upton Sinclair depicts the lives of Jurgis Rudkus and his family to closely resemble the true lives of the working-class of America during this time period. The word bitter best describes the challenges faced Jurgis’s family. For instance‚ mostly whenever anything happens to Jurgis’s family mostly everything has a negative outlook on their lives. First‚ a large portion of Jurgis’s family has to undergo the cumbersome working conditions Packingtown has to offer. Ona‚ Grandpa

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    The Jungle In the year 1906‚Upton Sinclair published the eyeopening novel‚ "The Jungle". The fictional novel became immensely popular that not only the American people were reading it‚ but the twenty sixth president of the United States‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ also engaged in reading it. The fictional novel takes place mainly in Chicago‚ where a family of twelve immigrants move from Lithuania to the United State of America in hopes of achieving their version of the "American dream". Once the family

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    Some people view capitalism as an evil form of government‚ and favor Socialism. One of these people being Upton Sinclair‚ author of the novel The Jungle. In the novel The Jungle‚ Upton Sinclair illustrates capitalism as evil and goes out of his way to show how awful a capitalist country can be. He writes about a Lithuanian family who comes to America in hopes of a better life‚ but their dreams are soon crushed by the reality of the countries capitalist ways. As soon as the family arrives to Packingtown

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