The Jungle‚ written by Upton Sinclair was a very touching and motivating story. Sinclair aimed for our hearts‚ but instead‚ he hit our stomachs. The Jungle is a story of hardships and trouble‚ some successes and many failures as a family tries to achieve the "American Dream." In this book‚ "The Jurgis Ruckus’ myth of failure is the other side of the Horatio Alger’s myth of success." (xxvi) Although this book was written about the hardships of a family‚ it was not just a story for one to read
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Eduardo Leon 5.4 Respond to the following in complete‚ well-developed sentences. 1. Upton Sinclair was called a "muckraker." How did Sinclair "muckrake" for social reform? uncovering the horrible working conditions for the people working in the meat industries. Americans later demanded for better working conditions. 2. Sinclair was convinced ".... through art one could cause change." What was established as a direct result of the public outcry from this novel? The pure food and
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The Jungle: Critical Analysis The Jungle is a novel that focuses its story on a family of immigrants who came to America looking for a better life. It was written by muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair‚ who went into Chicago and the stockyards to investigate what life was like for the people who lived and worked there. The book was originally written with the intent of showing Socialism as a better option than Capitalism for the society. However‚ the details of the story ended up launching
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rodent hair. Well in the early nineteen hundreds before the Upton Sinclair exposé The Jungle you might have found more than just a hair. Without his book who would have known how long the meat packing industry would have gotten away with the atrocities they did. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair changed the way America had dinner. Although that was not his intention he tried to hit America in its heart but hit it in the stomach instead. Sinclair went into undercover research and found a lot of grotesque
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Primary Resource Assignment In February 1906‚ the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group published the novel called The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. This novel exposed the plight of immigrants working in Chicago’s meatpacking industry. It depicted the severe working conditions of the meatpacking industries employees in Chicago and also described the unsanitary factory conditions that they had to work through during a daily basis. For example‚ some of the unacceptable conditions that were described were
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References: Nash‚ Gary B.‚ and Jeffrey‚ Julie Roy.‚ et al. The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society. 2nd ed. New York: Longman Publishers‚ 2003. Sinclair‚ Upton. The Jungle. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. 1906.
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putting poisoned bread out for them and after the rats consume the bread‚ the bread‚ rat‚ and meat is all put together. ”There would be meat that had tumbled out on the floor‚ in the dirt and sawdust‚ where the workers had trampled and spit.” (Upton Sinclair‚ The Jungle‚ Viking Press‚ 1905) Child labor is another problem America is facing today. I would like to donate 300‚000 dollars to helping the National Child Labor Committee because the working conditions are far too dangerous and extreme for
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United States is a country of immigrants and reconstruction. For many years Americans worked very hard to improve the country’s image and to gain superiority among neighbor countries within the years. “The Jungle”‚ wrote by the American journalist Upton Sinclair tells the story of a poor family that immigrated to the city of Chicago in order to improve their financial economy. However‚ due to life conditions and lack of money their chances of surviving during the Industrial Revolution became minimum.
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surge of over 1 million immigrants came to the city. During this time‚ author Upton Sinclair was working undercover‚ investigating working conditions in the city’s meatpacking district. Sinclair’s research was integrated into his novel The Jungle‚ a tragic story about a group of immigrants from Lithuania led by Jurgis‚ the main character that is set on providing for his family while chasing the American dream. Sinclair narrates the struggles of Jurgis and his family’s encounters as they battle
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In Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle‚ published in 1906‚ a sense of injustice towards the working class and need for socialism is present. Sinclair intended to illustrate the vast majority of immigrants in Chicago at the turn of the century; providing details and examples of abuses in the meatpacking industry merely as a means of demonstrating their troubles. After the publication of The Jungle‚ Sinclair stated‚ "I aimed for the public’s heart‚ and by accident I hit it in the stomach." He used those words
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