Inspection

Blood is a sacrifice when it comes to fighting in war. "Inspection" written by Wilfred Owen explores the idea of a soldier who comes to uniform inspection with a blood stain and yet, these blood stains are from the hard battle he had fought in the war. The poem presents the idea of the way soldiers are treated, blood being treated as dirt, and the sacrifice soldiers have to make in war. Through the use of diction, allusion, metaphor and colloquialism, Owen has explained the blood which is shed…

Specific nutrient content claim requirements of Canadian Food Inspection Agency(CFIA) includes a omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid claims. The declaration of additional information is optional in Canada in general. If the regulations require the declaration of one nutrient, the declaration of other nutrients may not necessarily be required, unless the regulations have some special requirement. Polyunsaturated fatty acids are required to be declared when shown and triggers the three…

Propaganda in “The Jungle” The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a novel exploiting the lives of Lithuanian immigrants in Chicago during the Industrial Revolution of the early 19th century. The immigrants have a goal of achieving the American dream, and as the story goes on they are faced with the horrors of the meat packing industry. Upton Sinclair is a yellow journalist and muckraker during the progressive era, therefore the story is bound to have exaggeration in order for him to succeed in…

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…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

Jeffrey Northcutt Mrs. Barbara Loomis AP United States History 19 October, 2015 The Jungle In The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair in 1906, Jurgis Rudkis and his wife, Ona Lukozaite, immigrate to a small town in Chicago named Packingtown in hopes of successfully pursuing the American Dream. It soon becomes relevant that one of the major themes in the story is the qualities of evil in capitalism, an economic or political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private…

Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel, The Jungle, opens with a description of a Lithuanian wedding taking place in the Chicago meatpacking district. The novel follows the couple from the wedding, Jurgis and Ona, through their struggles in the meatpacking district of Chicago. The novel is organized in such a way that highlights the issues of industrialization through the personalization of the meatpacking industry. I decided to read this book after it was referenced in class, as I had read excerpts of the…