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    Steve Jobs Research Paper

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    parent’s garage. A year later, Apple ll was out to the public. Mike Scott became Apple’s president. In 1984, the Macintosh went crashing down in sales because of its bugginess and lack of competitive functionality such as Word, Paint and Write. The consumers blamed me for this because I didn’t do any market testing beyond what they wanted. In 1985 Woz and I received the first national medal of technology from Ronald Reagan. Scully was furious by a vice president that would try to fire him…

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    Book Summary: The Jungle

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    the desperation of getting a job, to help support their families. For a male worker this was definitely quite the humiliation. The last example of corruption would be; judges got paid to send Jurgis to jail by Mike Scully. The power “important” figures had over workers was horrifying. Scully was the main component of corruption in…

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    One of the most controversial books of the 20th century was Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”. The story follows Jurgis Rudkis, a lithuanian immigrant to a rough but hopeful America, and his family as they endure never ending and merciless trails from a dishonest people and a corrupt system as they try to survive this difficult time. Jurgis encounters many dishonest people in Chicago many of whom are just trying to survive in their poor conditions. They have to rationalize their wrong doings by…

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    During the early 20th century, swarms of immigrants began coming to America, in hopes of a better life. They were soon exposed to several forms of corruption--although many did not know of this. This was because most immigrants came from poverty, and did not have a high end education. Many of them did not speak English, and therefore could not exactly comprehend the U.S. government laws, community rules, and the way businesses worked. In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair presents a wide range of…

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    Ona’s boss, Phil Connor, intimated and seduced her. His connections with the politician Mike Scully allowed him to get away with these brazen unlawful acts. Jurgis “made his discovery of the meaning of ‘pull’” when Connor used his political influence to keep Jurgis out of a job (Sinclair 263). Coincidentally, a desperate Jurgis took a job manipulating the political system in order to assure power for Mike Scully and other politicians that ran the city of Chicago. “Socialists were the enemies…

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    seem to have no connection with bought elections and political exploitation, it evidently does under more detailed scrutiny. Millionaire corporation owners like Phil Connors and Mike Scully are the ones described in The Jungle to be involved in shady political business. Correspondingly, the reason why persons like Mike Scully were able to buy elections and continue the favor of political policy is devoutly because of their massive economic gains through capitalism. Additionally, Jurgis…

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    The Jungle The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a book about a family of immigrants who came to America to try and form a better life for themselves and their family. The book mainly focused on the pain parts of Urbanization and the struggles that each main problems came with. For example, crime and corruption was one of the main struggles of urbanization at the time. The government inspector at the factory Jurgis works at dosen’t stop the bad, rotten meat from going through to processing. Many…

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    arrogant ugly beast and in the end he learned how to be kind and to love. It also taught the young audience a lesson, that being nasty and arrogant never gets people anywhere in the world. Monsters Inc. also has a happy ending. The main characters, Mike and Scully save Boo and get her back through her closet door to her home. This ending lightened up the feel of the movie and made the audience feel good about what they just watched. It also helped young kids not be afraid of the monster under…

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    The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom starring the animated Simpson family, which was created by Matt Groening. He conceived of the characters in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office and named them after his own family members, substituting "Bart" for his own name. The family debuted as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show called The Simpsons, which debuted on December 17, 1989.…

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    The Jungle Socialism

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    The Jungle In Sinclair’s novel The Jungle which is based of true life events of the life of people in 1906. There was a family who had moved from their home in Lithuania and mod to America. Once they were in America they got a job at a meat packing business. In the packing business there was a lot of problems. Dishonest practice came along, they did dishonest practice to survive. The books title is accurate to what life was like back then. Society classes were important back then, they would…

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