Rubyfruit Jungle

Identity: What Forms the Core? When asked about themselves, the majority of people have a few “I Am” statements that they think of instantaneously. I am a student. I am a dancer. I am queer. I am weak. I am strong. Any given person is always significantly more than just the statements that they think of and are likely not the only person who identifies with those statements, but they will list them nonetheless. Generally the “I Am” statements that a person gives are the components of their identity that they cling to most strongly. In Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown, Molly anchors her identity to the fact that she is strong and capable, her own hero. Ziggy, the main character of Try by Dennis Cooper, alternately places the fact that he is…

Conrad interprets the overwhelming of power through a character he presents called Kurtz. Kurtz was a very pristine individual. The story line starts in the deep jungles of Africa with Mr. Kurtz. He has business to attend to but when he was located in Marlow he was not himself. Conrad portrays Kurtz to be this very intelligent English high class person. ”Incidentally he gave me the understanding that Kurtz had been essentially a great musician. ‘There was the making of an immense success.”…

The Green Code: Cinematic Communication for Sustainable Behavior In 1906, author Upton Sinclair penned a work of fiction that would change the course of history. His novel, The Jungle, led to the disintegration and reformation of Chicago’s meatpacking industry, which was plagued by managerial corruption and egregious health code violations. Shortly after the novel’s released, the federal government launched an official investigation into the industry and took legal action against the industry…

In the novel The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, the author criticizes the meatpacking industry during the nineteenth century and uses vivid imagery to display horrible living conditions of the people in that time. The Jungle was a book that truly showed the the migrant workers in the factories who were in poor working conditions and put anything in meat as long as they did not get in trouble. This brought many unsanitary conditions in and outside the factories. In the novel The Jungle, Upton Sinclair…

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…

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…

In Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle he spoke about the many problems in the early stages of America's industrial age. Some points he spoke on where how the meat factories were very unsanitary and how it made many people who ate the rotten moldy meat sick enough to where it was no surprise that they would die. But Upton Sinclair's main focus was not get the meat problem fixed it was to push socialism and have it established in America so that people did not have to live so poorly and everyone…

The Jungle, a book about the tragedies and hardships a newly immigrated Lithuanian family goes through during their time in America, has become an important part of our history and a must read for anyone interested in the history of our country. Written by Upton Sinclair, this novel does a wonderful job describing the life of immigrants in the early 1900s. It was a very controversial book during it's time, as it brought up social issues that concerned many people. An example of an issue brought…

I chose to read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. I first heard of this book during freshman year in 20th Century. The teacher explained that it was about the conditions of the meat industry was back in the early 1900s. I have a strong interest in agriculture and the meat industry and that what I thought the book would be about. But I was wrong. The meat industry is only mentioned in detailed in two chapters. The rest of the book focused on how rough life was trying to purse the “American Dream”.…

The era of Progressivism was one in which America went through social, political, economic and moral reforms. These changes took days and months to implement with results that benefited the majority of America. People such as Upton Sinclair, Jane Adams and Theodore Roosevelt contributed in various ways to this major reform movement. Local citizens, women's right reformers, and two of our presidents in the 1900’s majorly contributed to the changes and reforms which define the Progressive Era.…