The Asphalt Jungle

Delicatessen is set in a post apocalyptic world that is suffering from a severe famine consisting of dark comedy through a number of themes, creative tones and music. Written and directed by Marco Caro and Jean-Pierre Jennet, they have created a storyline revolving around love, cannibalism vs vegetarianism and how evil can become prevalent in times of hardship. The film takes place around an apartment complex above a delicatessen, owned by a hardy butcher who displays his power status…

Arguably, no piece of literature (besides Uncle Tom’s Cabin) has been more influential than The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair. Sinclair “aimed at the public’s heart” when exposing the hardships “wage-slaves” had to endure in a capitalistic society; however, by accident, he “hit [the public] in the stomach” when the only reforms were in the meat-packing industry (What Life Means to Me). Jurgis, Sinclair’s example of a “wage-slave”, changed throughout the novel and was initially optimistic…

Chaos In The Jungle The Jungle was published in 1906 by an American novelist named Upton Sinclair. He wrote this novel to portray the harsh conditions and the abusive lives of immigrants in the United States or more specifically, industrialized cities, like Chicago. Although the book is remarkably different from an actual jungle, Sinclair created an atmosphere relatable to an actual jungle in many ways. Some include the aspects of life, risks, and deaths. A jungle is defined as a place of…

Upton Sinclair's showed the harsh reality of the lives immigrants had during the 1900s. Packingtown was a hive of corruption the moment Jurgis and his family moved to the town. The town is parasitic and feeds of the immigrant's misfortunes. “The way the bosses made the pacemakers work and other people were very dangerous for the safety of all the people. They made the pacemakers work like possessed men.” (Pg.56 P.2) The meat packing plant places the almighty dollar above the safety of the…

Sinclair wrote The Jungle which exposed the reality of the meat packing companies in Chicago in the early 20th century. Likewise in the food documentary Food Inc., exposes the same reality in the 21st century. Food production and labor conditions have greatly improved in the past hundred years , but there is still more that needs to be done to fix the corrupt nature of the large meat packing companies.…

In the Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses figurative language at the beginning and end of chapters two and three to show the difference between Jack’s jungle and Simon’s jungle, and to illustrate that Jack’s jungle is chaotic, whereas Simon’s jungle is innocent. Since there is no adult figure on the island, the children first establish the leader of the group, which ended up being Ralph because he summoned everyone together by using a conch. Jack was immediately destroyed by the results of…

James Davidson and Mark Lytle’s article, “After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection,” stated that In just one week a scandalized public had snapped up some 25,000 copies of The Jungle.” The public demanded the government to respond to the following issues: “corrupt federal meat inspectors, unsanitary slaughter houses, tubercular cattle, and the packers’ unscrupulous [unethical] business practices.” President Theodore Roosevelt…

Judy Blume is a well-known author with more than 85 million copies in 32 languages. She is recognized for being for being a children's author but also has some books for teens and young adults. Judy s also a big part of the National Coalition Against Censorship. Growing up Judy had no interest in becoming a writer. Even though she loved reading, she had no idea she would become a world-famous writer. However, as a child, Blume loved to make up stories. She had many character ideas and stories…

Hunter S. Thompson, named to be the creator of gonzo journalism, created the book “The Great White Shark Hunt” by compiling his past works of news articles, journal entries, letters to the editors, and personal works to inform readers about the seventies and eighties. In a specific article “The “Hashbury” is the Capital of the Hippies,” published in the New York Times Magazine on May 14, 1967 Thompson showed his experiences of what Height Ashbury was like, and told his predictions about what…

Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle published in 1906 marked a very critical moment is U.S. history. The book became an instant best seller and immediately brought change due to public outcry. It was an important turning point in United States history because it exposed the disgusting and careless way the meat was handled in meat companies around the United States. This book led to the result of two major legislations being passed. The Jungle not only affected the United States domestically but…