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    join the jazz band. If he joins the band he will learn to play even better than he already does. He can practice more if he joins the band. He will also be surrounded by people more experienced than him. He can learn better ways of playing his instrument. With this he could even go on and make a career out of playing music. Mel could stay in his garage band…

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    orchestra is an ensemble of string, brass, woodwind, percussion and keyboard instruments. The instruments found in each section have different tonal qualities, playing techniques and different ways of producing sound. The string section consists of the violin, the viola, the cello, the double bass and even the harp. These instruments provide the greatest range of expression, intensity and modulation making the string section the foundation of the orchestra. String instruments provide lyrical…

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    “The rich people not only had all the money, they had all the chance to get more; they had all the know-ledge and the power, and so the poor man was down, and he had to stay down.” One of the main characteristics of the jungle is that the powerful (the rich) is powerful thanks to the weak (the poor); the law of the jungle, the law of the strongest. Upton Sinclair calls “The Jungle” the socio-economic reality that the city of Chicago is going through at the beginning of the 20th century. In the…

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    The novel The Jungle was written in 1906 by an American journalist and novelist, Upton Sinclair. Sinclair wrote The Jungle to represent the harsh conditions and difficult lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago Illinois and other industrialized cities. The novel is set in the early 1900’s when industrialization had reached the United States. It was also a time immigrant population started soaring. The reason behind this was that many foreigners believed that America was the land of…

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    I aimed at Americas heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach. This statement, attributed to writer Upton Sinclair, is in reference to Sinclairs novel, The Jungle. The Jungle, written in the early twentieth century, depicts the horrors and corruption of the cities and its industries. Specifically, the novel is aimed at putting down the meat packaging industry. The novel's title symbolizes the competitive nature of the city; the world of Packingtown, the place where the protagonist, Jurgis,…

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    The four most commonly used instruments in the string family are the violin, the viola, the cello and the double (string) bass. They are all made by gluing pieces of wood together to form a hollow “sound box.” The quality of sound of one of these instruments depends on its shape, the wood it is made from, the thickness of both the top and back, and the varnish that coats its outside surface. The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the string family. It is held under the chin…

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    Stuck In Property It is time, at last to speak the truth about property and how if someone fall deep into tragedy there is no way out. The book “The Jungle” poverty is often described as wage slavery. These are the people that work in bad conditions for a bad wage, as well as being treated like animals. The people in packingtown we’re fighting for their life. Many people throughout the story sacrificed themselves and everything they had for their family. One character we will be talking about…

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    The Jungle is a novel written in 1906 by Upton Sinclair, who was an American journalist and novelist. He wrote this novel to express the terrible conditions that immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industries had to go through. Since these immigrants had no money , they would settle for any job possible, and settled for the extreme labor in factories. Specifically, it was written about the life of Jurgis Rudkus and his family, who were immigrants who came to America to work in…

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    The Jungle by author Upton Sinclair is a story about Jurgis Rudkus and his family who immigrated to America from Lithuania. Jurgis, his wife Ona and their relatives end up getting conned into buying a house with all of their savings near the stockyards and meat packing district in Chicago. Jurgis winds up working in the slaughterhouse where conditions are harsh and unsafe and the pay is low. All of the relatives including the women and the children have to go out and have to seek work to make…

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    a group of instruments, especially on combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music. But it is much more than just a group of instruments. More like a family of instruments, and when together they make beautiful classical music for everyone to enjoy. The orchestra is composed of four major instrument families, the string family, the woodwind family, the brass family, and the percussion family. The strings are the largest family of instruments in the…

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