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was fact. Upton Sinclair visited Chicago in November 1904 to do

research for the book. Sinclair lived in a neighborhood called

Packingtown for seven weeks. While in Packingtown, Sinclair

interviewed workers, lawyers, doctors, saloonkeepers, and social workers.

The book deals with the greed and ruthless competition that turned

America into a brutal country, which Sinclair referred to as a "jungle."

The Jungle also tells how those at the bottom of the economic ladder, who

were wage-earners and their families, are at a great disadvantage in the

capitalist country. The wage-earners are slaves to the sudden wishes of

their masters, who are the capitalists who own and run private

industries.

The Jungle starts with the marriage of Ona Lukoszaite and Jurgis

Rudkus in America, which was organized by Ona's cousin Marija. The

novel then flashes back to their lives in a rural Lithuanian town, and

how their families, Ona's stepmother Elzbieta, and her five......

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