... would seem like Sinclair wanted to write an essay on the subject, but felt that wouldn't appeal to enough people, so he added characters to provide examples to his points. It really takes the human touch out of the book and forces the reader to focus on the conditions the ... characters are in instead of letting the reader develop personal feeling or relationships with the characters themselves. I think Sinclair really did an awesome job at putting the reader's focus right where he wanted it. ... Our story begins with the introductions of characters at the wedding of Jurgis Rudkus and ...

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... history in that it changed the way America looked at food in the early part of the century. Sinclair loses his argument for Socialism at around the time when the characters in the book lose their humanity. The multitude of unfortunate situations and events makes the story more and more unrealistic and the reader loses a sense of compassion for the ... characters. Now, instead of being characters, they become objects in which the most you can do is pity them. When Jurgis comes home from jail to find his barely eighteen year-old wife dying ... ...

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... losing his wife and family to rape and death. Every chapter in the book is chalk full of horrible events that little room is left for actual consideration of the characters. As such, the reader learns from Jurgis the ways in which capitalism stifles the working class. Upton Sinclair strategically subjects Jurgis to the atrocities he suffers in the novel to ... opens up into Jurgis's exposure to socialism. Having endured the atrocities entailed by the plot, socialism stands in stark contrast with the realities of capitalism. In his newfound relationships with characters like comrade Hind...

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... main character and his family. The book is very depictive and sets the mood for hope initially, then disaster. The hardships the characters endure are realistic in setting. The main point of the story unfolds gradually as the characters arrive in America and their discoveries are revealed about the economic structure of their environment. The reader then understands the place of the ... ...

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... ) in factories such as the meat packing industry. The author, was successful at portraying the idea of capitalism, he not only showed the hazard of factory work on the main characters but on all the different characters with different situations appearing in the novel. ...

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... carbonic acid gas will rise to the surface and burst, and make rings two or three feet wide."(100). The winters were so bad that when one of the characters was coming home his fingers became frostbitten. Also the baby in the book fell into a puddle and drowned. Today, immigrants don't have to worry about this because of the pollution ... ...

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In The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, and The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, the characters are forced with economic, social, and political problems that they must cope with throughout the story. Both books are similar in that they emphasize that in this country, one simply ... ...

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... vivid descriptions which supported the contrasts between capitalist views and socialist reforms. The book begins with the wedding of Jurgis Rudkus and Ona Lukeszaite. In a flashback the explanation of the characters coming to America is described. Ona decides to come to America after her father dies and leaves her with little money. Jurgis joins Ona, Ona's family, and his family to ... ...

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... the early 1900's to the immigrants who needed to find homes and or jobs to survive and how either low pay at their job or when buying a house as the characters were tricked people always cheated them. Upton Sinclair also painted a vivid image of Socialism for the reader and not only was this interesting but it was also informing to read ... ...

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... The Jungle by Upton Sinclair one can see that he truly depicted the bleak and gruesome picture of immigrant life in the industrialization period of America. With the help of characters like Jurgis and Ona Sinclair makes his readers truly feel what it was like living during this time. The many aspects represented in The Jungle help depict the gruesome image ... ...

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... Jurgis' life because of its extremity. The Jungle would have a much greater influence if it were more realistic. I believe The Jungle would have a greater influence if Sinclair created more developed characters. Sinclair wrote the book so that the conditions of the workers lives grew larger than the lives or the workers, however, it would have been more effective to write the ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate