Analyzing The American Dream In Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle'

In the face of perseverance many would falter and give up, but there are those who, despite their misfortune will find a way to continue on living. The book, The Jungle talks about the difficulties that our main protagonist Jurgis goes through in his search of the American dream.The American dream for many immigrants is to search for better pay and living conditions, but it was not always this way. In the past it was hell because of capitalism and big corporations that controlled the lives of people. Throughout the book we see how difficult the life was for Jurgis and what he went through to get by. Through it all he does not give up and as the reader we see how hopeless his actions were. We see how insignificant working hard will get him a better life. Sinclair depicts that the poor will always remain poor and the rich will always remain rich with power.
Upton Sinclair describes the immigrants ' lives as a form of modern slavery because of the working conditions of jobs and the corrupt companies.In the past, the slave would get abused by the white man because he was in power and had total control of the slave 's …show more content…
With the little money that his family made ,they decided to buy a house which turned out to be a regretful decision. They meet a real estate agent in a nice suit that tells him all the details. To their knowledge they did not trust the man so they got a lawyer to inspect the validity of the salesman. Little did they know that the lawyer was working together with the salesman .They then agree to buy the house which resulted in getting cheated out because it slowly starts to take away all the money of the family.Forced to live at the mercy of his company and pray for a better day.The company makes the house only a rental that way people who rent are evicted quickly and are scammed of their