The Asphalt Jungle

The Jungle, published by Upton Sinclair in 1906, showcases the working conditions of a 19th-century industrial worker. This book depicts the harsh working and living conditions, and working class poverty. These were all very real things almost every worker endured. Hours were long, wages were low, and working conditions were very hazardous. It was not uncommon for a worker to be seriously injured or even killed while on the job. The conditions were often far worse for women who made up a large…

The Jungle In Upton Sinclair’s story The Jungle, the progressive era and struggles within are vividly narrated through the characters. To illustrate, Jurgis Rudkus, the main character from which the story takes perspective represents the common working man in general. However, as the story progresses he becomes conscious and acknowledges his duty for social responsibility and fights for equality of the majority. Furthermore, Ona represents the weak side of the woman while Marija the strong, but…

sinclair's the novel ”The Jungle has to do with the rudkins family and their civilization.” And the struggle they had in their life. They used to live in lithuania because it was terrible for them,so they decided to come to america to have a good like maybe a little of work and half it was because they need the money.But then they got a home for them selve with the whole family.So the whole story pretty much was like an aweful and a good one at the same time. In the book of the jungle it talks…

life. One muckraker who was significant to the Progressive Era was Upton Sinclair who wrote the book "The Jungle" in 1906. He began research for his novel and investigated human conditions of stockyards in Chicago where he discovered terrible and extremely unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry which he went on to write about in his book. When President Theodore Roosevelt read The Jungle, he was sickened by what went on.…

In the book The Jungle, Upton Sinclair depicts how the exploitation and impoverishment of the working class contribute to financial struggles. Sinclair displays this idea of the poor working class through Jurgis and his family. When moving to America, Jurgis had the intention of achieving the “American Dream.” The American Dream is known as one who comes to America and becomes very rich. Only two days after his arrival in Chicago, Jurgis is offered a job. Hundreds of people stand outside of…

Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle portrays the exploitation and abhorrent conditions that citizens experienced at the start of the United States’ Industrial Revolution. This turn of the century revolution brought about a new era of thinking, working, and living. Along with this new era also came the “American Dream” in all its glory. Unfortunately, the country failed to provide its citizens with any semblance of the dream. With these new philosophies and lifestyles, new problems also arose as…

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, is a fictional literary work that illustrates the labor conditions in the Chicago stockyards, describing the harsh realities immigrants faced and exposing the callous side of human nature. The Jungle is a depressing realization of how unregulated capitalistic corporation and monopolies treated human beings as less than human, with complete disregard for the workers' well-being. Throughout the book, Sinclair displays the struggles of an immigrant family in order…

was a mistake. After I walked for about twenty minutes, I realized that I got lost in the jungle. There was nobody, but only trees and mosquitos around me. I could not even see the sky. I was so afraid because although I walked for a while, I felt like I came back to the same place where I started. The trail that I thought I was following disappeared, and I only could see vines in front of me. I knew the jungle was small, and there is no snake or any scary animals, but I thought what if I…

Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz’s ethnography Labor and Legality uses a mixture of narrative, interviews, and observation to educate the reader about the lives of undocumented workers in the United States. Gomberg-Muñoz focuses specifically on a group in Chicago called the Lions and describes how this small group has managed to create their own culture made up of language, social structure, kinship, gender roles, and authority. Often the Lions have to navigate between three different cultures: the one they…

In this section, Schlosser takes perusers into the slaughterhouse. He discovers somebody with access to the plant who is agitated with the working conditions to give him a visit. Schlosser sees the whole horrifying procedure of steers butcher from the staggering of cows to the cutting. Critically, he watches the specialists' conditions inside. Schlosser says meatpacking is most hazardous occupation in America. A standout amongst the most perilous parts of the occupation are the blades…