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    an all-time low, but international sales were also cut down by half. Foreign countries looked down on the united states meat industry and wouldn’t dare buy exported meat from them. Congress quickly passed The Pure Food and Drug Act and The Meat Inspection Act. These laws were made to ensure that companies didn’t provide anything that was considered harmful to eat and that meat was slaughtered under sanitary…

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    Jungle Negatives Paper Since its publishing in 1906, Upton Sinclair’s, The Jungle, has been a mirror into what detailed the industrial revolution. It shows the rise of machines, allowing for expensive items to become almost priceless, and creation of new inventions and ideas that would change the face of the earth forever. But along with this, The Jungle shows the many problems people in there and now still face, that have been rotting the international community for many years after its…

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    This source is an extract from “The memoir of Robert Blincoe,” published in the lion in 5 weekly episodes from 25 January to 22 February 1828. It is a personal story from a young boy's perspective who worked in one of the mills. It explains that the conditions were terrible, especially the stench. The strong smell, made the boy feel unwell resulting in taking a moment to sit down. He soon found out that sitting down was not allowed. The boys taskmaster explained that sitting down was forbidden…

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    In the early 1900’s, many immigrants moved to America with hopes that they could live freely and work to have a better life. The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, is about a Lithuanian family who worked in the Chicago Stockyards and discovered the true horrors of working in the meatpacking plants. The theme in Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle, reveals how much damage capitalism caused and the effect that capitalism had on people. As the main character goes throughout life, he is constantly…

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    wife and being able to start anew with a baby boy on the way. James was happy because he was winning boxing fights while having a happy family to come home to. They both did not realize what kind of punches would we thrown their way. Both Jurgis and James started to have money troubles to pay for their houses and eventually got kicked out of their homes. Jurgis becomes strict and angry as shown, “His fingers were all frosted, it seemed…., and so little stanislovas spent most of the day dancing…

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    “reconstruct” and put everything in line to be a good country. You had American citizens dying including children; you had people in debt working extreme hours and in conditions to pay off. People were living in America supposedly called the “home of the free” to really the home of the worst. In the book “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair it describes exactly what was going on in those time periods. The book is about a family who struggles with the rigors of life in America during 1905-1906. In The…

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    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.…

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    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 being said, Upton Sinclair well deserves a place in history. Motivation Upton Sinclair was motivated by many things throughout…

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    Ronit Patel Mrs. Stangl Ela/Reading 8 January, 2018 Ben Mikaelsen Have you ever wondered how Ben Mikaelsen writes such great stories? Well, in this analysis, you are going to find out! Ben Mikaelsen was born on December 8, 1952 in La Paz, Bolivia. His parents were of Danish descent and they were missionaries. Ben got bullied in Bolivia because of his race and at age 12, he moved to the US where he again got bullied for having a different tone to his english. Ben Mikaelsen owned a male American…

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    about which Assisted Living Facility is right for them. An Assisted Living Facility is defined as a place where older people that do not need to live in nursing homes go to live that need some sort of care. These individuals are still independent and self-sufficient but need some sort of care assistance. It a place they can call home and live comfortably. Couples may move in together in a small apartment and enjoy the comforts of not having to worry about everyday stresses as mowing the lawn…

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