The Jungle by Upton Sinclair; book review.

The Jungle By: Upton Sinclair <Tab/>The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair in 1906, enlightens the reader about Socialism as a remedy for the evils of capitalism; the immigrant experience and the hollowness of the American Dream. The third-person narrator focuses on what the main character, Jurgis Rudkus, and what he feels, learns, and experiences. Sinclair also shows the social values that affect his characters lives in the past and future, but …

…gt;Sinclair emphasizes the exploitation of workers, families, and altogether lifestyles during the 1900s. The idea of the jungle symbolizes the capitalist idea of the survival of the fittest; cans of rotten meat symbolize the hypocritical face of capitalism; different characters symbolize different meanings as stated with Teta Elzbieta in the previous paragraph. Sinclair's attitude towards the story is obvious throughout the reading; the victimized working class is righteous, and the oppressing capitalists are evil.