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Post your Summaries in the A Block Group 3 summary area, and answer your questions here. -Shaun

Introduction- and Chapter 1 Everyone reads and answers questions 1-5 1- Annsley 2- Leah 3- Jonathan G 4- Annsley 5- Bobby 6- Shaun 7- Leah 8- Jonathan G. 9- Bobby 10- Shaun 11- Leah 12- Jonathan G. 13- Annsley 14- Bobby 15- Shaun 16- Leah 17- Jonathan G. 18- Annsley 19- Bobby 20- Shaun 21- Leah 22- Jonathan G. 23- Annsley 24- Bobby 25- Shaun 26- Leah 27- Jonathan G 28- Annsley 29- Bobby 30- Shaun CHAPTER 31- EVERYONE

Sinclair had intended it less as an expose of the meat industry than as an argument for socialism, to which he had recently been converted.( "I aimed at the publics heart, and by accident, hit it the stomach.") This book is a protest novel because it exposes the working and living conditions in Chicago at the time. It does this by stating facts through the use of stories. Sinclair, when writing it, collected lots of information about working conditions, hygiene etc etc etc. //It is also// a protest novel because it is an exposure of the intolerable working conditions in the city of Chicago at the turn of the century. Unlike most protest novels though, Sinclair uses his natural storytelling abilities to create a true life in the time and age of //The Jungle//. He commands prose so readable and transparent that it offers little resistance to translators; where America is seen as a land of opportunity but also a unbridled economic savagery. - Jonathan G. The socialism appeal was less a science of history than a compound of moral indignation, quasi-religious fervor, and a set of simple truths about the social and economic system. The Jungle is considered agitation rather than art; its blunt, naturalistic method, surfeited with sickening details, is considered crude even in comparison to the writing of Sinclair's immediate predecessors. The ultimate importance of this book lies elsewhere. It showed the poorly regulated and horrible conditions that took place in the meat packing industries in Chicago. Under which meat was produced, the labor and consumer interests were identical and could be used to draw attention to the other. The message of the book is set out to show the challenges the "working men of America," were faced with. Sinclair aimed not merely to commiserate with them or to describe the conditions in which they worked, but to call into question the basis of the system: The ethnic of competitive individualism, which turned the urban landscape into a savage place. - Shaun Jurgis and Ona came to America becuase they believed it was a place of which lovers and young people dreamed. He wanted to marry and Jurgis believed they could become rich in America. The government takes advantage of the people they can. They did not help them find proper materials for building a house and exactly what they were in to pay for. They were taken advantage of. where he spends time? How long does he stay in jail? Why is he blacklisted?** Jurgis ends up in jail because, he beats up Phil Connor, the guy that his wife Ona had been sleeping around with. Jurgis is in jail for 30 days. Also, he is blacklisted because he had beat up Phil Connor and he made sure that Jurgis will never be able to find work ever again. conditions.** Jurgis sprains his ankle and is forced to spend two months in bed or else risk becoming permenantly lame. After Teta Elzbieta's son dies, Jurgis takes up a job at the fertilizer plant to make some money. It is the "hellhole" of Packingtown, reaking of ammonia and manuer. The stench sticks to his clothes and the smell does not leave him. wanderings? List them in order.** Antanas drowned in the streets and Jurgis could not take it. He went to the country side to find a job. Jurgis came back and became a criminal after he wandered around in tunnels. He stole from the rich, and he worked for some democrates during their campaigns, he then was a hog trimmer, and the book ends as him being a promoter for socialism. does the socialist meeting help him to rediscover himself? 13 Why did Schliemann consider himself a “philosopher anarchist?” What was The Appeal? What important realization did Jurgis have as a result of his contact with socialism?** Schliemann thinks of himself as a philosopher anarchist because an anarchist believed that the end of human existence was the free development of every personality, unrestricted by laws save those of its own being. He has faith in himself. Jurgis realizes that socialism would help him, and immigrants alike with all of the work that they do.
 * Questions**
 * 1. What was Sinclair’s intention in writing The Jungle? How was the impact different than he anticipated?**
 * 2. Why is this called a “protest novel” in the Introduction?**
 * 3. What impact did the book have when it was released?**
 * 4. What criticisms does the Introduction writer offer of the book? Be specific!**
 * 5. What was the ultimate importance of the book? What is its message?**
 * 6. ID the following:**
 * Bubbly Creek -** A name used for the Chicago river due to its disgusting state and contamination.
 * Dr. Schliemann -** A former Swedish university professor, now a socialist thinker.
 * Madame Haupt -** The large midwife who helps Ona with her devastating second delivery.
 * Mike Scully-**a wealthy, corrupt democrat, thats askes Jurgis to work on the republican side in order to bring a new candidate into office.
 * Packingtown-** area where major industrialization have taken place, where there are major factories like meat packing
 * Tommy Hinds-** a state organizer for the socialist party and a well-known socialist speaker.
 * Jack Duane-** //Jack Duane was from the East; he was a college-bred man – had been studying electrical engineering. Then his father had met with misfortune in business and killed himself; and there had been his mother and a younger brother and sister.//
 * 7. Why did Jurgis and Ona come to America?**
 * 8. In what ways does Sinclair take capitalism to task in the process of Jurgis “buying” a house?**
 * 9. How does Jurgis end up in jail? How does Sinclair compare the factory where Jurgis works with the cell
 * 10. How is Jurgis injured on the job? What happens to him? Where does he work after that? Describe the
 * 11. What causes Jurgis to begin his life of wandering? What jobs does he have after returning from his
 * 12. Why is Jurgis sometimes referred to as “Jack?” In what ways does he suffer dehumanization? How