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ways to check the driver , “ The screening looks at county courthouse records, federal courthouse records, and a multi-state criminal background check, sex offender screening and a driver's record screening going back seven years” (Pell 1). Uber takes very careful precautions when hiring a driver to protect the passengers. These precautions lower the chance of a criminal or bad driver getting hired. Second, Uber has had less crimes over the past years than cabs because of the background checks.…

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…

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…

loves him but is frustrated at the emotional toll it takes on her. Levi’s use of word choice begins with hostility to express her antipathy towards her father but ends with her awe of his laugh; she is waiting for her father to “explode” the “black box” with his “idea of / fatherhood.” When she does this she is demonstrating anger towards the father and it’s confirmed when she calls him a “recalcitrant child”. She is in a way referring to herself as a recalcitrant child, currently…

behind the trigger who is. Stricter gun laws need to be made in the United States to prevent unexpected tragedy’s such as a school shooting, murders, and suicides from happening. Ways it could be prevented is by enforcing more explicit background checks and undergoing intense mental evaluations. Adolescences and adults who own a handgun with with children in the home need to be monitored that they are keeping it in a safe, stowed, and locked compartment where their child will not have access to…

Introduction The current political climate is extremely divided. Republicans and Democrats have incredibly contrasted views on many controversial topics, for example, gun laws, which stresses the nation out when thinking about the future of America. In addition, both parties are taking stronger stances on what they believe are important issues. A common issue that candidates focus on is improving the United States economy. According to USA Today, people say that “In addition to the economy, work…

This is part of SAHA’s policy so that they may avoid admitting new residents who can “…be damaging to the health, safety and welfare of current residents…” (SAHA’s ACOP). When SAHA submits someone to a criminal background check they are asking these questions. Do they have a history of criminal activity that involves physical violence to a person or property, or have any drug related convictions? Then from there it is determined if they are threat to anyone living on the…

The Jungle is novel, written by Upton Sinclair, which focuses on a recently immigrated (from Lithuania) family expecting/hoping for a better life in America. Upton Sinclair was regarded as one of the most renowned muckrakers, in other words, a journalist who exposed the corruptions in either industries or individuals. His writing was during a time of progressivism and reform, where there was an abundance of individuals seeking to improve society and human conditions and dispose of capitalist…

Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle (New York: Signet Publishing, 1986) pp. 386. Upton Sinclair was born September 20, 1878 in Baltimore Maryland to parents Beall and Priscilla Sinclair. Growing up, he loved to read books, and started school at the late age of 10 years old. His father was an alcoholic who never kept a good job, and was always moving. After graduating in college in 1897, he focused on writing, and in 1904, went undercover to work at a meatpacking plant to research his novel The Jungle.…

Upton Sinclair Upton Sinclair is not only an accomplished writer that wrote nearly one hundred books based on events that took place during the twentieth century, but a man who has improved and solved many problems within the United States. He exposed the problems within the meat packaging industry, which led to the creation of the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. These things would not have been possible without his motivation, preparation, and accomplishments. With this…