Sinclair became a devotee of socialism in 1903 and considered The Jungle a forum for examining capitalism's exploitation of working men and women.
The narrative follows its protagonist, the Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus, as he wrestles with a harsh environment where only the ruthless survive. The novel opens at Jurgis's vesilija, or Lithuanian wedding feast—a ceremony expressing individual hope and the reaffirmation of traditional values. Jurgis struggles against external conditions native.....
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