In Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle, a Lithuanian family moved to the United States with hopes to better their situation and live the American dream despite the hardships and disillusionment they faced as part of the immigrant experience. When they moved to America, they were often taken advantage of because they were naive about the American culture. Sadly, when they bought their home, the real estate company also used them to make a profit. Their Lithuanian neighbor Grandmother Majauskiene reveals, “the house was one of a whole row that was built by a company which existed to make money by swindling poor people. The family had paid fifteen hundred dollars for it, and it had not cost the builders five hundred…” (p.69). The inexpensive
