The Transformations in American Life in “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair

 

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In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair writes about the life of a fictional immigrant, Jurgis Rudkus and his family. Sinclair describes industrialization, urbanization, mass immigration and many of the other transformations in American life in the decades after the Civil War.In an essay of at least 5 pages, analyze Upton Sinclair’s depiction of at least two of the transformations in American life in the decades after the Civil War. How do the characters in The Jungle experience those transformations? What does Sinclair think of these transformations?

 

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