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Upton Sinclair’s “The Jungle”: Failure as Propaganda
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Upton Sinclair has famously remarked, “All art is propaganda. It is universally and inescapably propaganda; sometimes unconsciously, but often deliberately, propaganda. ” These words are especially befitting for Sinclair’s most famous novel, The Jungle. Sinclair’s novel follows the devastating collapse of an immigrant Lithuanian family as a result of the ruthless practices of capitalism. Thus,…
| genre | Political fiction |
|---|---|
| theme | The main theme of The Jungle is the evil of capitalism. Every event, especially in the first twenty-seven chapters of the book, is chosen deliberately to portray a particular failure of capitalism, which is, in Sinclair's view, inhuman, destructive, unjust, brutal, and violent., |
| originally published | November 4, 1905 |
| description | The Jungle is a 1906 novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair. The novel portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. |
| characters | Marija Berczynskas, Elzbieta, Ona Rudkus, Jurgis Rudkus, Phil Connor |
| information | Pages: 413 |
