Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. 1906. Pages: 349. The Jungle is a book about a Lithuanian immigrant named Jurgis, who moves to the United States to seek a better equipped life for him and his family. He and his family moved the Chicago, to a place known as “Packingtown”, the center of Chicago’s meat packing industry. It was very difficult to find a job, the hours are long …showed first 75 words of 1425 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1425 total…after all, I hope in some way I will do the same for myself later in life. This book was a sure way of looking at what you have, and not taking it for granted. This also made me understand they way things were before I even existed. It’s hard to take in how much the world has changed, and I’m grateful. This was a great book, and in reality, it changed society.