Upton Sinclair

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…

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…

“ Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” - Abraham Lincoln I completely agree 100% with this quote because when people are faced with adversity, they can do nothing but fight an uphill battle, but when a man is the captor of power, they have to take in careful consideration on how their actions will affect people whether…

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…

The painting The Jungle by Wilfredo Lam was created in 1943 C.E. The medium used for the painting was gouache on paper, which is mounted on canvas. This work of art hangs in The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York. The color of blue is used throughout the painting, along with a few strokes of yellow, orange, and green. Many bamboo plants and leaves are shown in the background suggesting the setting on a farm or plantation and show the use of organic shapes. Several distorted figures…

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…

relate to being in poverty. The city of packingtown is suffering but can't seem to find any light. Everyone is for themselves and will do anything to survive. “Here was a population of low class, and mostly foreign, hanging on the verge of starvation”(Sinclair, 113). The jobs in packingtown are all risky but the people in packingtown will do anything to escape poverty, especially…

This source is an extract from “The memoir of Robert Blincoe,” published in the lion in 5 weekly episodes from 25 January to 22 February 1828. It is a personal story from a young boy's perspective who worked in one of the mills. It explains that the conditions were terrible, especially the stench. The strong smell, made the boy feel unwell resulting in taking a moment to sit down. He soon found out that sitting down was not allowed. The boys taskmaster explained that sitting down was forbidden…

In the play, Sacajawea the Indian Princess, Clark, one of the explorers, asks Sacagawea:" then will you Sacajawea, go to pilot us through your country, to show us the river of the sun?"(1.14). He explains that they will not pay for this: "Everyone must give part of himself to the land of which he enjoys the freedom" (Sacajawea 1.14). This sentence that Clark utters is supposed to be for the audience to prove how willing was Sacagawea to help the new explorers. Wolfrom, here, asserts The Indian…

Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo I. Introduction a. I picked the Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo case as my topic for my research paper. In this paper I will focus on the fundamental changes during the beginning to end of the case. I will also analyze the important facts that plaintiff and defendant used to testify during the trial. b, Peg Bouaphakeo and several former and current employees of Tyson Foods, Inc. sued the company's meat processing facilities in Storm Lake, Iowa. Over 3000…