The Jungle Essay

Their transformation was both physically and mentally, as they have to strip every humane emotion form their bodies. With the narrative’s new alteration, Komunyakaa states, “We wove / ourselves into the terrain,” until the point where the jungle and all that it houses recognize the men as part of the terrain. Komunyakaa emphasizes these points in the lines, “We hugged bamboo & leaned / against a breeze off the river.” The soldiers had truly merged with a part of the environment as they mimicked…

Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle, was a realist writer born in 1878. He endured many hardships in his life, which led to him becoming a complex person. He based many of his characters off of himself. This caused his works to be filled with complex characters as well as critical views of the capitalist American society. These traits of realism are prominent in Sinclair’s writing and life. Upton Sinclair suffered through an unstable childhood as well as independence at an early age,…

One of our own, Upton Sinclair has now published his novel, The Jungle, in its entirety. Despite the “muckraking” as our very President might deem it, this novel is pivotal to the causes we believe in. Sinclair has used The Jungle, to simultaneously expose the problems layering our very federal and local governments, as well as the society in which we all partake in. His novel has forced the federal government to finally take action and begin to impose regulations on the Union Stockyards and the…

suffered from meager finances. Unfortunately, many Americans had no awareness of the disturbing struggles that immigrant workers endured. The Grapes of Wrath and The Jungle revealed poor laborers’ treacherous living condition to oblivious Americans. Both John Steinbeck and Upton Sinclair, authors of The Grapes of Wrath and The Jungle, exploited the dehumanization and poor living conditions of impoverished Americans through the utilization of disturbing imagery, extended metaphors, and…

The “Rumble in the Jungle,” an epic boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, staged in Zaire on October 30, 1974, was more than just a sporting event. It was a cultural phenomenon that brought together African and African American culture for the whole world to see. This complex and multi-faceted event was captured by many photographers and film makers, including Sonia Katchian. One of Katchian’s photographs in particular serves as a microcosm of the fight, capturing the violence,…

natives, prompting Tarzan and Williams to pursue Rom. With the recent success of Disney’s live-action The Jungle Book, baring a similar theme and tone, you’d think The Legend of Tarzan would create identical buzz. To be fair, this reinvented Tarzan adventure is directed towards the same demographic – yet there’s something less fascinating about a grown man, who’s comparable to the jungle equivalent of Spider-Man, versus that of an impressionable child. This version of Tarzan, portrayed by…

In a rapidly evolving world where new discoveries are made in technology on an almost daily basis, it is often important to reflect on the circumstances of the past as they continue to shape events occurring today. The Sea and the Jungle by H. M. Tomlinson can offer the reader an insightful glimpse into the history of Brazil through the lense of fiction, as though peering through the lush foliage of the Amazon rain forest and happening upon the events of an entirely different era of travel and…

The one who is wins is the the one who sinks its teeth into the victim. In most cases, the predator wins in the wild nature around us. In the book, The Jungle the same concept applies to our human race.The Jungle is a story of the life of an immigrant worker, Jurgis and his family. Jurgis is a strong man, strong built and ready to work to support his growing family. When there was a population boom in the United States, the demand for food skyrocketed. Our predators in this book is the rich…

Middle school is a jungle. The lions and tigers are the hierarchy. Monkeys and other small animals fight for survival everyday. Adults think this vast jungle is just child’s play; it’s been so long since they have experienced it. It’s been awhile for me too, but their words are still fresh in my ears. Their laughs are still heard in the far reaches of my mind. It’s a part of my life that i would like to forget, but never will. I was always the person to keep my head down and not draw…

applies to our leadership journey. I read an article titled: Calais Migrant Camp Clearance Begins as French Police Move into The ‘Jungle. ' In short, the article was about how migrants were to be dispersed into shelters around France as they had to leave the UK, where they were seeking economic opportunity (Bisserbe and Flynn). There is a migrant camp that people call “The Jungle” which local police and aid workers tried clearing out. This camp has become a symbol of Europe’s failure to manage…