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Summary: One of the best books I read
Review: I consider myself a free entrepenuer, and inspite of that, I liked this book with all its Socialist inclinations. As a citizen of one of the devloping countries, I can even relate to some parts of the story involving adulteration of food products, corruption and the election-rigging. Upton Sinclair's account of the story of the Lithiuanian family was both deeply moving and horrifying. I was especially struck by the fact that there is little value to human life when one faces abject poverty. The last fifty pages of the book read like something out of a Socialist propaganda newsletter, that the book could possibly have done without. In defense of the same, perhaps we would not have all the rules and regulations if such issues weren't raised. Finally, I wholeheartedly agree with the reader who said that this book is a grim reminder of the consequences of unchecked Captalism.
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Summary: A horrible book with a few redeaming qualities
Review: This is the first review I have ever wriiten, but I thought I should warn you... DO NOT SPEND MONEY ON THIS BOOK!!!!! I just completed The Jungle five minutes ago, after suffering through the book's very communist ending. I was forced to read the book by my history teacher. If you ever wonder why kids dont like to read, it is because they are forced to read crap such as this for school. The only reason I rushed through this thing was because i wanted to read a book of my own choosing. I am an avid reader, but the thought of picking this book up again made me shudder. The last 50 or so pages were nothing other than irrelavant socialist policical mumbo-jumbo (no wonder the communists lost)! Half the time I didn't know what the hell was going on, and it took me 100 pages just to get the characters straitend out, and by then they were all dead. The best part of the book was the middle, after the confusing wedding feast and before the socailistic bull crap at the end. You really felt sorry for our immigrant friends, and while it was interesting, it was really depressing. This book took me four weeks to read. A book of simalar length that I would enjoy would take me 3-5 days, and i have a busy schedule! Bottom line: Classic, shmassic! This book is a wast of your life.
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Summary: Touching, it is too realistic to WANT to believe!
Review: THE JUNGLE is a novel not to be taken lightly,,,something around every corner to make you gasp or make you realize just how lucky you are. BUt, then again, it makes you wonder...are any of us safe AND just how safe it the food((?)) you put into your own/family's mouths! This is the kind of novel that will beckon you back in the future that you will read to humble yourself! With every page, there was a new finding and a Shocking YET bang of an ending. Upton may have just wanted to bring certain aspects of life to our attention but,,,,he got the ball rolling, an unintended "revolutoin" was started. Straight forward and the level of realism IS unbelievable, or is it??
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Summary: Required reading in my college, and rightfully so
Review: Did anyone listen to NPR and their book of the month meeting on "The Jungle"? Its been many years since I've read it, but often times when I pour milk I think about the poor baby drinking blue milk and dying of malnutrition and a victim of poor living conditions. I didn't think the novel was too political, because Sinclair obviously made enough of an impression on me to remember the characters most of all.
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Summary: A harsh look at life in early 1900
Review: This book was pretty good book. The only thing wrong with it is that it is so depressing. I could only read a chapter or two at a time and then I would have to put it down because it was so depressing. Aside from that this book was took every oportunity to describe life for the early 1900's. I liked it because of all that I learned just from reading it.
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Summary: wait a minute, wasn't he in a factory 2 pages ago?
Review: although this is one of the best books i have ever read, for a realistic novel some pretty unreal things happen. i suppose sinclair had mix the outragous with the horrible to make the book readable, but jurgis was almost everything in chicago except mayor. it was a good book anyway, the ending was hard to swallow.
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Summary: A sobering reminder of the results of unchecked capitalism
Review: The next time you hear someone say "there's no government like no government" hand them a copy of this book and accept their apologies gracefully. At a time when the entire globe seems eager to embrace a purely market driven economy, books like this help serve as a sobering reminder as to why government, for all its faults, sometimes must be called on to step in to prevent human exploitation, and the drive for profits above all else.
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Summary: The best book
Review: Hi, I am 16 years old and this book is one of the best books I have ever read. I never usually read books like this, but this book is extordinary. It tells a story about a famlily from Lithuania and their struggle in New York. A must read book
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Summary: "Jungle" has ups, downs; too long
Review: Sinclair's "The Jungle" starts out interesting enough, describing a wedding feast of Lithuanian immigrants. The description of the meat factories and the working conditions therein are, although gruesome and disturbing, very moving. Most of the novel, however, drags along to an unsatifying conclusion that Sinclair uses, it would seem, to promote his own political agenda.
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Summary: Should I vomit because of the sausages--or the socialism?
Review: This book is fun for its first two-thirds, what with the rats and all. However, Sinclair insists on tacking on a proto-"On the Road" then tackily tacking on top of that a sermon on the benefits of socialism. Well, the USDA has taken care of the first two-thirds of this book, and the USSR and North Korea taken care of the final third. But maybe we shouldn't be too hard on Upton. How was he to know that socialism was going to cause the deaths of so many tens of millions--maybe causing even more deaths than sausages?
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