Out of this Furnace Out of This Furnace, a novel by Thomas Bell, is the story of successive generations of Slovakian immigrants and the hardships they faced in coming to America, finding work, and trying to find a way out overwhelming poverty and hardships. ... The first story in Out of This Furnace is about George Kracha, a Hungarian immigrant who came to America in 1881. ... Treatment of the Slovakian immigrants in Out of This Furnace was similar to the treatment of blacks post Civil War, but to a lesser extreme. ... Similarities in voting pressure can also be found between these immigra...

• Word Count: 1427
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: High School

During the turn of the twentieth century, it was quite common for immigrants to come overseas to America in hope for a better life. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair follows Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant, who is honest and extremely hardworking. ... The diction used to describe the labor conditions that these citizens and immigrant workers had to work in were bold, and did not seem true because of how exaggerated the disgust was. ... In the novel's concluding chapters, Upton Sinclair begins to establish his perspective of socialism and how it could bring down the corrupt system and to ...

• Word Count: 1823
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After reading the novel, one can argue that as time went by, immigrants and unskilled workers of European descent were able to gradually gain more control in the government, leading to great reform in the workplace. ... Most of the immigrants had to have an income to survive and take care of their families, so when business owners demanded more hours for less pay, they often had no choice sometimes but to accept what they were given without complaint. ...

• Word Count: 1327
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School