The book The Jungle was introduced as a novel by Upton Sinclair was financed and published with his own money. Upton Sinclair was a famous novelist and social crusader from California. He was born on 20 September 1878 in Baltimore Md. He was the only child of Priscilla Harden and Upton Beall Sinclair. Upton Sinclair’s childhood was lived in poverty‚ one where his father was an alcoholic‚ his job as an alcohol salesman most likely contributed to his disease. And although his own family was extremely
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Stephan Crane’s "Maggie: A Girl of the Street" and Upton Sinclair’s "Jungle" are both representing the real life when they are compared with each other. The events and the opinions in these short stories are corresponding with naturalistic thought and it is showed by observation technique to the readers. The characters of the stories are become the victims of the social laws that they are struggling to breach the social and economic problems which are set upon them at birth. Thus‚ it is important
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Lincoln Sinclair participated in political activities throughout most of his life but his most well known for his political convictions against the meatpacking industry that improved the quality of the American society. Lincoln Sinclair emigrated from Baltimore‚ Maryland to New York City with his family when he was a child. Lincoln Sinclair’s family was not blessed with wealth and lived on the edge of poverty. When Sinclair was a child‚however‚ he was exposed to the extravagant life of the wealthy
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Low Wages the Ultimate Problem in the Gilded Age The Jungle was a sad‚ depressing and disgusting representation of the Gilded Age industrial labor. Sinclair aimed at the public’s heart and by accident hit its stomach. Laborers worked hard hours and never saw their families‚ and had a fear that followed them‚ all just for little compensation. Industrial workers lives would have been easier if they had higher wages. The problem with industrial laborers in the Gilded Age‚ represented in Utpon Sinclair’s
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Tomas uses passing as a method to gain material wealth. Tomas has a dog selling business where he sells overpriced attack dogs to celebrities as well as pit bulls from poorer parts of LA for higher prices in West LA; his business runs on the falsely created perception of the dogs’ pedigree and their German training. In one of the first scenes‚ Tomas is selling an attack dog to a young director. “Tomas always gives the dogs German names and trains them with foreign words… He liked to tell them Nazi
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Animals are happy and better in jungle. "The Jungle" portrays the lower ranks of the industrial world as the scene of a naked struggle for survival. Where workers not only are forced to compete with each other but‚ if they falter‚ are hard pressed to keep starvation from their door and a roof over their heads. With unions weak and cheap labor plentiful‚ a social Darwinist state of "the survival of the fittest" exists. The real story revolves around the integration and eventual disintegration of
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There is a prominent saying that has stood the test of time‚ and that is “the pen is mightier than the sword”‚ and for journalists at the beginning of the 20th century it was more than just a saying; it was a way of life. Today‚ I will be exploring the derivation of the muckrakers; such a funny word isn’t it? If you break the word up it basically gives you the explanation‚ you see‚ muck means dirt and raker means to dig up. So fundamentally a muckraker is someone who likes to dig up dirt‚ but not
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Steinbeck and Upton Sinclair: A Comparison “The Grapes of Wrath”‚ written by John Steinbeck and “The Jungle”‚ written by Upton Sinclair are two books that have and will forever be impactful on American history and literature. They are both considered very powerful novels. Although these books seem very different‚ they are much more similar than they seem. Steinbeck tells the story of a family making their way to California amidst the Great Depression and era of the Dust Bowl‚ while Sinclair tells the
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It was a green world where I was born. I was born and raised in a small town which could almost know as countryside. Now‚ the small town has already collapsed and turned into a developing-city. It is so sad that I can only recall my childhood days in my mind instead of visiting the small town. It was a small town with warm-hearted villagers. We were all friends and always share our foods and games. Mak Kwan had the most famous cooking while En. Chong could fly the kite highest. Hmm… I could still
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My Secret Hideaway I have been driven up the wall many times in school and at home; I sometimes feel that I am surrounded by horrible human beings. At times like this‚ I thank God I had discovered my secret hideaway. My secret hideaway is actually an abandoned hut about 3km in the jungle behind my home. Whenever I have the urge to go on my therapeutic trip‚ I usually leave in the morning. After packing my haversack with bottles of water‚ some food‚ books and other essential items such as a machete
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