Danielle Kunkle Book Report Peter Burrell 31 March 2017
Newlyweds and their families always have high expectations when they move somewhere new, for this couple in particular it was a huge let down. The Jungle is a story about a recently married couple, Ona and Jurgis, from Lithuania who are moving to Chicago. They moved to Packington, Chicago and soon realized that they couldn’t possibly live here. It is difficult to get a job in Packington. Grandmother Majauszkiene soon tells them the house they purchased is in very bad conditions, and very bad luck. Their problems only get worse, not to mention they’re living in the center of the Chicago’s meatpacking industry. The family tried to make it work and they all attempted to get …show more content…
This quote was very confusing to many people, as they weren’t really sure what he meant. In this quote he showed how he was disappointed with how the public reacted to his book. He wanted to raise awareness for poor immigrants and protect them from harsh working conditions. His intention was to get the public to have more sympathy for the socialists, and instead it got overshadowed by the unsanitary meatpacking industry. Unintentionally, he ended up just hitting their “stomach’s”. Some socialist were interested in the book and really cared about the, main character Jurgis’, conversion to the socialist cause. Although, the rest of the public didn’t really care about how harsh the workers were treated. They mostly cared about the food they were consuming and how it was being handled in the meatpacking industry. I think Upton Sinclair was upset that his readers didn’t show much sympathy for the family in the book. While I read the book it made me realize how hard it was for people just to keep their families together and survive. I was also I was disturbed by how unsanitary the meat packing industry was. The public made such a big deal out of the fact the government wasn’t doing anything about how unsanitary it was, it eventually led to the Pure Food and Drug
Newlyweds and their families always have high expectations when they move somewhere new, for this couple in particular it was a huge let down. The Jungle is a story about a recently married couple, Ona and Jurgis, from Lithuania who are moving to Chicago. They moved to Packington, Chicago and soon realized that they couldn’t possibly live here. It is difficult to get a job in Packington. Grandmother Majauszkiene soon tells them the house they purchased is in very bad conditions, and very bad luck. Their problems only get worse, not to mention they’re living in the center of the Chicago’s meatpacking industry. The family tried to make it work and they all attempted to get …show more content…
This quote was very confusing to many people, as they weren’t really sure what he meant. In this quote he showed how he was disappointed with how the public reacted to his book. He wanted to raise awareness for poor immigrants and protect them from harsh working conditions. His intention was to get the public to have more sympathy for the socialists, and instead it got overshadowed by the unsanitary meatpacking industry. Unintentionally, he ended up just hitting their “stomach’s”. Some socialist were interested in the book and really cared about the, main character Jurgis’, conversion to the socialist cause. Although, the rest of the public didn’t really care about how harsh the workers were treated. They mostly cared about the food they were consuming and how it was being handled in the meatpacking industry. I think Upton Sinclair was upset that his readers didn’t show much sympathy for the family in the book. While I read the book it made me realize how hard it was for people just to keep their families together and survive. I was also I was disturbed by how unsanitary the meat packing industry was. The public made such a big deal out of the fact the government wasn’t doing anything about how unsanitary it was, it eventually led to the Pure Food and Drug