the jungle

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle is the tail of an immigrant named Jurgis Rudkus, and his family. Jurgis moved to the United States during the Industrial Revolution. He and his family were not ready for what awaited them in their new homeland. Throughout the book, Jurgis faces many hardships that he is not able to overcome. After moving to America, he realizes that he cannot earn enough to support his entire family. Despite his work ethic to succeed, he fails at providing his family the life that they were in search of. Soon his wife and the rest of his family are working to survive. He soon develops the mentality that hard work is not rewarded, but corruption is the way to prevail.
Soon Jurgis injures his foot on the job and is forced to stay at home and let it heal. He is not able to work for a few months and upon his return to work he finds that he has been replaced by another worker. He was desperate for money so he took a job at a local glue factory. His wife is pregnant and t...