... and steal their money. When they first came to America, they had to pay many fees because they were foreigners and did not know better. Eventually, Jurgis decides to buy a house. He thinks he is getting a good deal, but in reality is not. The real estate agent tells him that it is a brand new ... house, but this is a lie. Sinclair writes, "...it was not new at all, as they had supposed; it was about fifteen years old, and there was nothing new upon it but ... ). Straumann, Heinrich. American Literature in the Twentieth Century. New York: Harper and Row, 1965. Van Doren, Carl. Contempor...

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... through Jurgis' journey, as a Lithuanian immigrant, the horrible living conditions and working conditions for the poor working class people. While looking for a house at the beginning of the novel, Jurgis and his family find an ad for a workable house that they can own with a down payment of three-hundred dollars and monthly payments of twelve dollars until the full cost of the ... house is paid off. After closing the deal, he finds flaws in the contract. He describes the swindle as: "how was a poor man to understand anything about a contract? It was ... a robbery and there was no saf...

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... , dirty housing was really like. Wanted to replace NY slums with parks, while reformers worked for tenement house laws. "Friendly visitors" sent to collect rent and teach immigrants how to improve lifestyle did not change anything. Hull House- Adams started a coffee-house here in attempt to lure neighbors away from evils of saloon Women's Christian Temperance Union- headed antiliquor movement ... Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. Progressivism for Whites- TR against diversity, considered them inferior. Shown by Brownsville, TX riot in which TR discharged 167 members = unjust punishment. Hull H...

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... to find small housing for rent, and even small tenement housing. Housing was quite expensive at the time, and many families decided to come together and split the payments on a house. Though at these times, Corruption was among its highest. These families did not know what they were getting themselves into. They would have to pay large amounts of interest, and ... eventually this interest would catch up to them. And soon they would not be able to make the payments on the rental house. They would soon be kicked out, and would lose all the money they put into the house. These kinds of sit...

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... , and believed that government could be a tool for change. Social reformers, such as Jane Addams, concentrated on exposing the bad in corporate greed. Progressivism gained a strong voice in the White House when Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901. Roosevelt believed that strong corporations were good for America, but he also believed that corporate conduct must be watched to guarantee that business ... ...

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... him, along with his belief in him to write a well structured book providing cruel but true details influenced Sinclair to write the novel The Jungle. The tour of the packing house in chapter 3 is necessary for this novel to provide the reader with a clear insight of what exactly is going on in the meat packing industry. After reading chapter 3, I was officially ... ...

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... saying "Leave it to me; leave it to me. I will earn more money- I will work harder." (Pg. 19) Even after Grandmother Majauszkiene told the family about the history of the house they lived in. How each of the families came in with the same hopes and dreams. Each time only being crushed by the jungle that they lived in. (pg. 65 ... ...

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