The Jungle
In Upton Sinclair’s story The Jungle, the progressive era and struggles within are vividly narrated through the characters. To illustrate, Jurgis Rudkus, the main character from which the story takes perspective represents the common working man in general. However, as the story progresses he becomes conscious and acknowledges his duty for social responsibility and fights for equality of the majority. Furthermore, Ona represents the weak side of the woman while Marija the strong, but both give an idea of gender roles of the time. Upton Sinclair portrays the Progressive era in an acceptable way and calls for social awareness through his characters live and experiences.
First, Jurgis Rudkus a Lithuanian immigrant at the time who comes with his family to America in pursuit of a better life. Jurgis represents the common hardworking man in general. The author features his life as a sequence of unfortunate experiences that he faces in an unequal social …show more content…
The rise of the Muckraking style of writing whom Sinclair form part of by exposing the underside of American life (Foner 680). Although Sinclair did not achieve his main goal for a change in benefit of poverty, his “description of unsanitary slaughterhouses and the sale of rotten meat stirred the public outrage and led directly to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act of 1906” (Foner 680). Sinclair includes in The Jungle the new major immigration and how they were exploited in an industrialized capitalist country governed by millionaires and a corrupted system, the rise of the socialist party and the struggle of the working man to form unions and organized strikes for better wages. All which form part of the Progressive Era 1900-1916. Sinclair wrote to achieve social awareness and through his characters life and
In Upton Sinclair’s story The Jungle, the progressive era and struggles within are vividly narrated through the characters. To illustrate, Jurgis Rudkus, the main character from which the story takes perspective represents the common working man in general. However, as the story progresses he becomes conscious and acknowledges his duty for social responsibility and fights for equality of the majority. Furthermore, Ona represents the weak side of the woman while Marija the strong, but both give an idea of gender roles of the time. Upton Sinclair portrays the Progressive era in an acceptable way and calls for social awareness through his characters live and experiences.
First, Jurgis Rudkus a Lithuanian immigrant at the time who comes with his family to America in pursuit of a better life. Jurgis represents the common hardworking man in general. The author features his life as a sequence of unfortunate experiences that he faces in an unequal social …show more content…
The rise of the Muckraking style of writing whom Sinclair form part of by exposing the underside of American life (Foner 680). Although Sinclair did not achieve his main goal for a change in benefit of poverty, his “description of unsanitary slaughterhouses and the sale of rotten meat stirred the public outrage and led directly to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act of 1906” (Foner 680). Sinclair includes in The Jungle the new major immigration and how they were exploited in an industrialized capitalist country governed by millionaires and a corrupted system, the rise of the socialist party and the struggle of the working man to form unions and organized strikes for better wages. All which form part of the Progressive Era 1900-1916. Sinclair wrote to achieve social awareness and through his characters life and