I have a 1st edition copy of "The Jungle" written by Upton Sinclair and published by Doubleday & Page in 1906.
The book binding is very solid. The hard cover is in good shape with some wear on the white detailing on the cover and spine.
This 1 spot on pages 1-8, (see pictures), a few small smudges on a few pages, a small chip on bottom of page 113 & 211 and a small tear on page 224.
I saw no writing other than a price written in
• Upton Sinclair wrote “The Jungle” which exposed the conditions of the meat packing industry in Chicago. • Moved to Pasadena, California in 1915 and wrote 47 books by 1933. • Sinclair ran for governor of California in the election of 1926 and in 1930 but in 1933 ran as democrat for governor of California • “I, Governor of California, and How I Ended Poverty: A True Story of the Future” (1933) a utopia novel written by Sinclair, if elected, he would end unemployment. • Sinclair proposed another program called End Poverty in California (EPIC) • If any farms were sold for taxes would be purchased by California and establish cooperative agricultures communicates known as “California Authority for Land.” This would only be put into effect
This section discusses the importance of theme in the writing process. Interestingly enough, the main message seems to be that one should not start writing with the purpose of getting one’s writing to embody a specific theme. According to the text, this can lead to the theme being too overtly stated or developed. A selection of writing by Flannery O’Connor is included which carries the same message, that theme should be subtly present throughout a story. Then, the authors critique Upton Sinclair’s
The U.S. stands for freedom, democracy, and justice has had the most prejudice and controversial history. The novel Jungle authored by Upton Sinclair represents the economic and social struggle of the poor American working class. Jurgis’s family immigrated from Lithuania to America in hopes of reaching the attractive American dream. By the time they arrived, they realized everything they had heard and imagined was just a naive dream. They all fell for the widespread gossip of success in America, millions of people sold all of their properties in Europe to acquire a better jobs and lives in America and Jurgis was no exception but instead they became the poor workforce of the brutal capitalist system, therefore, these people became rebellious and
Marigolds that have been exposed to high amounts of Cobalt 60 have been shown to grow with severe defects. The problem did not start with the flower’s blossoming, with its nourishment, or even with the surfacing of the first sprout. Before it was even planted, it was corrupted. The very seeds of the American Dream were sewn with prejudice, and yet we ask ourselves how its malformation came to be. The American Dream burgeoned in a time of xenophobia and sexism, and thus, its petals are laced with bias and corruption.
Everyone wants to live the good life. To be rich, pretty, having a nice family, a nice home, and being respected by the community? For some they are born into this lifestyle, others have to create it from scratch. For the Sinclairs they were not only born with it, but inherited, fought for it, and fake a smile to the world so that they know: We are Sinclair’s, we are perfect, and we are a happy family. Some of those smiles were fake, others were trying to be true, it is your job as the reader, to pick out the liars.
In the book, the author’s style would be described as being descriptive. Throughout the book, Sinclair gives details on the characters’ surroundings, thoughts, and feelings to allow the reader to understand their situation and sympathize with them. Additionally, it reinforces the story’s overall depressing tone. By utilizing this type of style, the author is able to get the readers to agree with the message he is trying to
The film Blackboard Jungle, written and directed by Richard Brooks, depicts the reality of the desegregated all male school, North Manual Trades High School. In this film Richard Dadier receives a job as a teacher and through the film he attempts to bring order and learning in to the classroom. The two main students in this film are Artie West and Gregory Miller. Artie West is white and is portrayed as the antagonist in the film because of his complete disregard of authority. In contrast, Miller is black and is initially defiant but in the end he agrees to Dadier terms.
On the outside, it appears nothing more than an aged hardback, leather-bound book. There is a scar running down the back cover,
Think about how people see or interpret the world, often times it 's more idealistic than realistic. The writers reveal a specific version of reality, to get the readers to recognize this they use themes, central ideas, and, stylistic choices. In the Jungle it shows you the horrendous conditions of meat factories. The unhealthy chemicals in flavors that are in our everyday foods as explained in Fast Food Nation. An in the text to Build a Fire which shows you how a person can be so idealistic they don 't see the reality that 's right in front, risky their own life.
Write a brief note about the oldest dated printed book, whose restoration we watched in a brief documentary. The oldest dated printed book is known as the Diamond Sutra. This book, which is actually a scroll, is a Chinese Buddhist text that was made in 868 AD. This scroll is currently located at the British Library, after undergoing a tedious restoration process.
Upton Sinclair portrays the economic tension in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries through his novel “The Jungle”. He used the story of a Lithuanian immigrant, Jurgis Rudkus, to show the harsh situation that immigrants had to face in the United States, the unsanitary and unsafe working conditions in the meatpacking plants, as well as the tension between the capitalism and socialism in the United States during the early 1900s. In the late 19th century and early 20th centuries, there were massive immigrants move into the United States, and most of them were from Europe. The protagonist, Jurgis Rudkus, like many other immigrants, have the “America Dream” which they believe America is heaven to them, where they can
“The jungle” and “Genesis of the tenement” both contain conflicting and negative impacts. The authors may both have similarities on their purpose to create their text. Though it is clear that they both contain differences too. Upton Sinclair thought that the workers at the factories were not being treated well. Jacob Riis knew that the people in the tenements were living in horrible conditions, and that no one would intervene.
Compare and Contrast: The Jungle and A Farewell to Arms “The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” This quote is from A Farewell to Arms. The nurse was engaged to a boy she had known since childhood but ended up dying in the war. When she meets the soldier she realizes at first she doesn’t want her heart broken again but she knew she fell in love at that moment. Jurgis and Ona fall in love just like how Henry and Catherine fall in love in A Farewell to Arms.
NATUIRALISM IN THE WORKS OF RUDYARD KIPLING ABSTRACT Rudyard was a man who was a man who was very special and was also having a god gift because he was born just one day before New Year that is on 30 Dec. He was a man who was a very good writer of naturalism and his all the short stories are in some or the other way related to nature and naturalism means in which a writer follows a particular set of style and also there is theory of representation and the one only writer who was very expert in using this particular technique and it is relevant by reading his short stories . KEY WORDS ; KIPLING , JUNGLE , ANIMALS , MOGWLI ,BALOO . NATURALISM IN THE WORK
A love story is simply a novel about a love affair. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is certainly a love story but surely not a classic love story. The Sun Also Rises takes place after World War I. From the starting point of the novel, Lady Brett Ashley and Jake Barnes, both veterans of the war, are in love. Their love is not typical, in fact, they cannot be together. Jake’s war injury prevents them from having a physical relationship and Brett will not stay with him.