... about unhealthy meat. Love's Pilgrimage (1911) attempted to move away from the more political-social style, but in 1913 Sinclair began to investigate the great Colorado coal strike and the methods used by the Rockefeller to suppress it; as a result of the publicity he brought to the owners? brutality, ... theatrical hit. Sinclair spent the remainder of his life in California, where he worked in labor organizing and protest movements. At the height of the Great Depression, he helped organize a movement called End Poverty in America, and tried to use it as a political base to run for gove...

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... story. Both books are similar in that they emphasize that in this country, one simply cannot win unless they play by nature's rules. The economic problems of both stories were great. Jurgis (The Jungle) wishes to go to America to get rich. Buying a house stresses the whole idea of animals to have something that is theirs. This is also shown with ... . There was also no set wages. They could pay them as little or as much as they wanted to. The Joads had a very similar situation that is complicated by the Great Depression. People took advantage of the fact that they were desperate for work...

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... then on his life is devoted to Socialism and he does and learns all he can for it. One evening he spends talking to two great Socialist thinkers, Mr. Lucas, and Nicholas Schliemann, from whom Jurgis learns great things. The election of 1904 shows incredible gains for Socialists in Chicago and across the United States. All Socialists anticipate and hunger for the ... something that the Capitalist himself is expected to realize. He sees only what he chooses to see, and that is money, money, and how to get more money. From the depression felt at the misfortunes of the characters, to the di...

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