Upton Sinclair

time dating back to before Christ. Presenting a false version of something is commonplace. Many people choose to stretch the truth for their benefit them in the long run, however the truth always catches up to them. The novels, “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair and “The Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison are both narrative examples of stretching the truth, which only makes everything in each novel much much worse. The Jungle summarizes the biggest food issue in United States History, while The…

The American Dream How hard do you have to fight to get what you deserve? Jurgis Rudkus is one of the two characters that will soon find out. He is the main character in the novel called The Jungle that is written by Upton Sinclair. James Braddock is the other character that goes through a fight to be successful. He is the main character in the movie/book of Cinderella Man. Throughout the novel and the movie, the physical, relationship and emotional traits of both Jurgis Rudkus and James…

and what he went through to get by. Through it all he does not give up and as the reader we see how hopeless his actions were. We see how insignificant working hard will get him a better life. Sinclair depicts that the poor will always remain poor and the rich will always remain rich with power. Upton Sinclair describes the immigrants ' lives as a form of modern slavery because of the working conditions of jobs and the corrupt companies.In the past, the slave would get abused by the white man…

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”.…

Born and raised in a tiny Minnesota prairie town, few would have guessed that young and down-to-earth Sinclair Lewis would become one of America’s most celebrated authors and outspoken liberal thinkers. Lewis didn’t discover this exact destiny until his 20s, but from his early teens, Lewis could tell that the prairie village of his birth would be far too limiting for his future. In 1902, he travelled east to attend Oberlin Academy (Oberlin College’s preparatory high school), but it was on the…

powers, to both beneficial and adverse effects for the people. The first of these actions taken by the progressive big government was the Meat Inspection of 1906. When President Roosevelt was having breakfast, he was reading a book written by Upton Sinclair called The Jungle. The stories within about the meat packing industry horrified him, and suddenly his plate of sausages became significantly less appetizing. “There was never the least attention paid to what was cut up for sausage…thousands…

Duke Schultz, born Arthur Flegenhiemer in 1902, was a very notable American East coast gangster who was remarkably successful during and after the prohibition era. Schultz successfully carved out his own chunk of success in the violent New York organized crime world by being even more ruthless and violent than any competitors. Schultz helped shape the culture at the time but also was very much shaped by the culture that he worked his way to the top of. He was a very successful European jew in an…

In this chapter the author talks about the life in the U.S. in the early 1900s. The struggles poor families had faced. The chapter talks about how meat factories back then, had a lot of irregularities in the work place. How employees didn't followed any sanitate rules. Factories back then didn't provide tools for the employees. Also according to the chapter “ There was no place for the men to wash their hands before they ate their dinner, and so they made a practice of washing them in the water…

The Jungle was a book I was wary to read at first. With the depressing theme growing tiring, it was hard to get through this book properly. It was somewhat enjoyable in some chapters, and in others it was drab. It was probably the most dreary book I’ve read yet. It was a strenuous task to get through the entire thing in one sitting ; it wasn’t read in one sitting, I had to keep putting the book down. From the way the book starts out, it is painfully obvious that Jurgis’s family’s journey will…

The Jungle acknowledges the exploited life of the immigrant community through Jurgis and his family, as they come into the United States ignorant of system. Like most immigrants, Jurgis and his family came into the country, more specifically Packingtown, with the words “American Dream” written across their forehead. The family settles into a home with hidden expenses, quickly scamming Jurgis and any other members who were forced to find a job in order to maintain the home. Antanas, Jurgis’s…