The reader follows the life of Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuania immigrant who struggles to survive in the harsh conditions of Chicago. ... This novel displayed the reality of life in the meatpacking industry. ... This was similar to the way that capitalism worked during this novel. It looked good on the outside, but on the inside, it was putrid and caused the abuse and deaths of many immigrants and workers. ... Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a novel about the evils of capitalism and the struggles of an immigrant in America. ...

• Word Count: 350
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle published in 1906 is considered the novel that led to his "fame." ... During that time period the meatpacking factories were the only places an immigrant could find a job. ... Throughout the novel Sinclair also discusses the meaning and foundation of Socialism which he was a strong member of that party. ... In Chicago in the 1900's Socialism was just beginning to set up a home with all of the immigrants. ... After reading the novel and realizing what occurred in the early 1900's to the immigrants who needed to find homes and or jobs to survive and ho...

• Word Count: 824
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• Grade Level: High School

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a highly depressing political novel about Capitalism and Socialism in America during the early 1900's. The novel follows the trials and tribulations of a Lithuanian immigrant, Jurgis Rudkus, as he tries to achieve the American Dream, is ground up and spit out by the Capitalist system, and finally learns the benefits of the Socialist dream. ... The novel opens with the wedding of Jurgis and Ona, so that the reader may learn that there are no happy days for the couple. ... The selfishness of the immigrants shows how "there must be some subtle poison in...

• Word Count: 1214
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• Grade Level: High School

The first half of the novel is very depressing. ... To that point, every misfortune of the Rudkus family follows organically from the conditions of immigrant life in Packingtown" (Morris,53). ... The tone drastically changes at the end of the novel when socialism appears. ... The last quarter of the novel is directed towards the socialist movement. ... While the novel attacks American Capitalism, it also promotes Socialism as an answer. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Jungle is a novel written by Upton Sinclair. ... The author purpose in this novel is to expose the truth behind the working conditions that workers suffer from exploitation and to promote socialism. The novel was written using a sequential order of events. ... In the early 1900s many immigrants" workers form many countries arrived into the United States all with the same thing in mind living the American dream, but they suddenly realized it was not what they expected. ...

• Word Count: 544
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• Grade Level: High School

The novel begins with the strong description of a wedding in which Ona Lukoszaite and Jurgis Rudkus are united in Holy Matrimony. ... America uses the image of the "American Dream" to lure immigrants to this land of opportunity. ... The majority of the immigrant society possess very little money. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This brought upon him the demon of drink which led to young Upton's abhorring of it, as is evident in the novel. ... Classifying the novel is no easy task to undertake, as the author's purpose and the reader's interpretations are very different. ... While this was good news for the nations, it was disappointing for Sinclair because his purpose for the novel was not recognized. ... The novel was written in a very different and non-traditional style, adding to its uniqueness and helping get its point across to the reader. ... It was this part of the novel that gave the public a wa...

• Word Count: 2938
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

The purpose of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle was to bring the grim conditions of Chicago's meatpacking industry and its workers to the American public's attention. After Sinclair was commissioned to investigate labor conditions in the Chicago stockyards he wrote about his observations in The Jungle. ...

• Word Count: 1116
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• Grade Level: High School

The novel ' The Jungle' by Upton Sinclair took place in the 1900's the main character in this book is Jurgis Rudkis and his dynamic change to Socialism. ... The conditions there were horrible, there was no concern for workers because if one would quit then the industries would go down to the docks and hire another immigrant who would work for nothing . ... I also believe this book was written for people to know about all the unjustice's that were commited at this time through the money hungry politicians and industrial giant's and how immigrants where exploited along w...

• Word Count: 2045
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School