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Summary Of Jungle By Upton Sinclair

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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 …show more content…

The capital holders didn’t care at all about how they create wealth,they just wanted to make more and more money without considering the implication of their actions because at some point the number of produced products will outmatch the number of consumers which will lead to a rapid price decline.The government made some attempts to regulate the businesses such as the creation of health agency bureau.The inspector of Durham's factory “does not have the way of a man who worked to death”(Sinclair 22).The inspector behavior reveals the ignorance that had filled the entire system from top to bottom. Even the the people who carried on a simple job didn’t care about the consequences of their carelessness which

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