... employer when he would work, what his own wage was, and where the he would work. Workers of the IWW did not believe in violence to help them gain the edge on their victories but would fight back if they were attacked. At one strike the IWW said they would kill as many police men as strikers were killed. The strike ... that workers have more power than the men that employ them. All they have to do is stop working and the employers will listen. This statement gave the IWW the edge and capitalists began to fear them. Although the IWW did not have many members they were still a leading unio...

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... 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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... 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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