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Themes of Socialism and Capitalism in Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle (676 words, 1 pages)

Dreams are optimistic and desirable and can come in many forms, such as a vision, an inspiration, or even a promise from someone. Jurgis Rudkus envisioned a promise of prosperity guaranteed by the capitalist regime, but the prosperity visualized was only that of a mirage. Sinclair uses Jurgis' unfulfilled dreams ... Read More

Communication as the Foundation of a Healthy Relationship on the Example of The Painted Door by Sinclair Ross (867 words, 1 pages)

What holds a relationship together? How do relationships go the way they do? What in a relationship causes it to tremble and fall apart? According to this short story "The Painted Door", communication is what determines how the relationship would start and how it will end up. Communication is the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Giovanni and Beatrice in Rappaccini’s Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1143 words, 2 pages)

In many of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short stories, he creates characters with either a malicious or evil feature to relay to the reader a more allegorical meaning. In the story " Rapaccinni's Daughter" he uses Beatrice as a carrier of a deadly poison. Beatrice's relationship with Giovanni is the main plot ... Read More

Downfall of Main Characters in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe, D.H. Lawrence and Sinclair Ross (862 words, 2 pages)

All human beings are made up of certain strengths and weaknesses, and in the short stories The Masque of The Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe, The Rocking-Horse Winner by D.H. Lawerence and The Painted Door by Sinclair Ross, each author treats the subject of human weaknesses and flaws as ... Read More

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle Belongs in Stephen Prothero’s The American Bible (1134 words, 4 pages)

Stephen Prothero applies a unique analytic model for text selection in his anthology The American Bible Whose America Is This? At the center of Protheros model is his nuanced definition of Americanness for him, one is not required to agree with a set of propositions that define national identity. Instead, ... Read More

Symbolism in A Field of Wheat by Sinclair Ross (967 words, 4 pages)

Sinclair Ross uses nature for inspiration in his short stories. In his story, A Field of Wheat he relies heavily upon the forces of nature in the use of setting, symbolism of nature, characters, and conflict.Sinclair Ross portrays to write about the forces of nature in this short story which ... Read More

The Oppression of Women in the Literary Works of Sinclair Ross and Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1063 words, 2 pages)

Womens Oppression displayed by Modern Short StoriesIt is often noted that in society, women are oppressed by men, but how often does the problem of women being subjugated by other women or even themselves become an issue? Authors Sinclair Ross and Charlotte Perkins Gilman express many aspects of womens oppression ... Read More

The Life and Contribution of Upton Sinclair (681 words, 2 pages)

BiographyUpton Sinclair was born in a small row house in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 20, 1878. Sinclair was the only child of an alcoholic liquor salesman, Upton Beall Sinclair, and a strict, strong-willed mother, Priscilla Harden. During his childhood he was raised on the edge of poverty, and was able ... Read More

The Concept of the Underworld in The Jungle, a Novel by Upton Sinclair, Jr. (1148 words, 4 pages)

In this essay I will be exploring ideas surrounding an underworld in The Jungle. The Jungle was written in 1906 by the American novelist, Upton Sinclair, in order to show the world the evils of the American capitalist system. Sinclair documents the journey of an immigrant Lithuanian familys move to ... Read More

The Packing Houses in Chicago as a Perfect Jungle in The Jungle, a Novel by Upton Sinclair, Jr. (740 words, 2 pages)

Welcome To The JungleNot once in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair does the author reference the title in the text, but the meaning of it is grounded deep in the writing. According to Merriam-Webster, a jungle is defined as a confused or disordered mass of objects, something that baffles or ... Read More

A Review of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1107 words, 4 pages)

The Jungle ReviewDuring the Progressive Era of the late 1800s and into the early 1900s, conditions for the average labourer were very poor and worsening day by day. There were very few safety regulations, and gruesome deaths occurred frequently in almost every line of work the average laborer was qualified ... Read More

Anna as the Cause of John’s Death in The Painted Door, a Short Story by Sinclair Ross (678 words, 2 pages)

The Painted Door by James Sinclair RossThe Painted Door is a short story written by Canadian author Sinclair Ross in 1941. The story is about a lonely farmers wife one winter, as her husband goes off for the day to check on his elderly father five miles away in the ... Read More

The Terrible Working Conditions in Meat Packing Industries in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (384 words, 2 pages)

The Jungle versus Fast Food NationBoth The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser explain the terrible working conditions in meat packing industries. Each have a goal they wish to tell, give details about the industries, and they both have important effects on society.The goal of ... Read More

Where Fiction Meets Reality: An Analysis of The Jungle, a Novel by Upton Sinclair (812 words, 3 pages)

The Jungle AnalysisThe Jungle written by Upton Sinclair in 1906 is a novel which provides an incite to the lives of lower class, early industrial era workers. The story recants horrific and graphic depictions of the meat packing industry in industrializing Chicago. Sinclair wrote the novel in response to the ... Read More

An Analysis of the Developing Relationship of Benedick and Beatrice in Act 3 Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing, a Play by William Shakespeare (1144 words, 4 pages)

Analysis of Much Ado About Nothing Act 3 Scene 1Much Ado About Nothing arguably features Shakespeares best and most dynamic romantic couple Benedick and Beatrice. Act 3 scene 1 in this play is a climactic point in this pairings relationship, because Beatrice admits her true feelings and love for Benedick ... Read More

The Negative Effects of Drugs in the Troubled Life of Alice’s in Go Ask Alice, a Book by Beatrice Sparks (336 words, 1 pages)

The book that I read during the summer was Go Ask Alice by ananonymous writer. In this novel, the main character is an unnamed fifteenyear old that the title refers to as Alice. Alice is a typical teenagerthat is insecure about her appearance, her social life and her parents. Shekeeps ... Read More

Beatrice’s Character in William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (539 words, 2 pages)

Throughout Much Ado About Nothing, I really have enjoyed trying to understand Beatrices character. It seems like she is ahead of her time with a desire to be independent from a man. Although her sense of self control is incredibly admirable, it is not so authentic and she even uses ... Read More

A Comparison of A Chantar by Countess Beatrice de Dia and Je Ne Puis Vivre Ainsy by Antoine Busnoys (799 words, 3 pages)

From the first notes blown into a rough flute in the early days of man to the electronic beats blasted on the radio today, all music is fundamentally related. Although genres, tonal structure, and even rhythmic ideals have shifted drastically over time, one can find similarities between musical works that ... Read More

The Themes of Family, Power and Corruption, and a Glimpse of America in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1324 words, 4 pages)

The book The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a story about an immigrant Lithuanian family come to America to follow the American Dream. The center of the story revolves around Jurgis Rudkus, who came to America with inspiration and the idea that jobs were plentiful, freedom was free, and the ... Read More

Black Culture vs. White Culture in Sinclair’s Coffee Will Make You Black and an Essay by Hill Collins (1492 words, 4 pages)

With Sinclairs Coffee Will Make You Black and Hill Collins essay, one can see that black culture vs. white culture each had its own form of normativity, yet, prejudice was brought forth, because of what was considered culturally, socially, and publicly acceptable. We can take away from this that lead ... Read More

Unhealthy Working Conditions and Unsafe Food in The Jungle, a Novel by Upton Sinclair, Jr. (486 words, 1 pages)

To many foreigners, America seemed like a paradise compared to their home country. It boasted better wages, better jobs, and a better life. This was not a lie, but for immigrants, was very hard to obtain. The ones that were making money were the people that had been living in ... Read More

A Review of the Book The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (661 words, 2 pages)

The Jungle Book ReviewIn The Jungle, Upton Sinclair weaves the plight of immigrant workers in the late 1800s into an emotionally compelling narrative that chronicles the hardships of a Lithuanian family that has just moved to Chicago. Sinclair uses the brutal and emotionally hard-hitting story of this family (which is ... Read More

Motherhood in Mrs. Sinclair’s Suitcase, a Novel by Louise Walters (1811 words, 5 pages)

Mrs.Sinclairs SuitcaseMrs Sinclair's Suitcase begins with Roberta in 2010. Roberta works at the Old and New Bookshop. She loves to collect the old notes and letters. Roberta is a lonely thirty-four-years-old woman, Roberta lives alone with her cat,her mother left when Roberta was young and she brought up by her ... Read More

Character Analysis of Benedick and Beatrice in Much Ado about Nothing, a Play by William Shakespeare (658 words, 3 pages)

In Much Ado About Nothing, written by William Shakespeare, Benedick and Beatrice bicker from the beginning, which questions whether or not if they fancy one another. The two lovers though do love to quarrel with each other creating comic relief for the audience while demonstrating different type of love. Love ... Read More

The Corruption and Lies of Capitalism in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (594 words, 2 pages)

The Corruption and Lies of Capitalism the Ongoing ProblemCapitalism was proven to be the best way for a near-perfect society. Businesses prosper from the lack of regulations and rules, people are happy because they are free to do as they please. Such concepts were fully accepted into society when books ... Read More

The Role of Education in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (1256 words, 4 pages)

The Jungle (A)Animals like pigs and cattle were considered the main source of economic revenue for numerous industries in Chicago and Packingtown. Animals were blindly walking into these slaughterhouses without knowing anything that would happen to them. The lack of intellect and knowledge led to the disparity for these animals ... Read More

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair as an Example of Journalistic Prose rather Than Fiction (1104 words, 4 pages)

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a work of fiction addressing the living and working conditions of American immigrants at the time. The book, published in 1906, is widely regarded as the direct reason for the passing of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, the Federal Meat Inspection ... Read More

A Comprehensive Analysis of Go Ask Alice, a Novel by Beatrice Sparks (515 words, 2 pages)

Alice begins as a typical high school teenager whose insecurities about physical appearance, parents, and social status is quite common. Although her death was just one of the many of that year, the reason for her shortcoming drove this point home. However, Alice conceals her feelings and emotions within her ... Read More

Muckraking in the Novel, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (600 words, 2 pages)

A high point for Lincoln Steffens life was when Upton Sinclair also became famous 1906muckrakingnovelThe Jungle. This novel supported Steffens views and helped enforce the points he was trying to show. On the other hand, when Boss Tweed was convicted for stealing between 40 million and 200 million. Lincoln Steffens ... Read More

A Social Commentary Associated to the Ideology of the American Dream Through the Character of Jurgis in The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (778 words, 3 pages)

The JungleThe Jungle chronicles the life of main character Jurgis Rudkus, upon his immigration to the United States. Jurgis enters the United States hopeful, enthusiastic, and confident in his belief in the American Dream. Jurgis crumbles along with all his beliefs as he undergoes intense struggles caused by the harsh ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013