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        <title><![CDATA[Jurgis learns from his arrest and imprisonment that the justice system...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/jungle/q-and-a/what-does-jurgis-learn-from-his-stockyard-116525</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Jurgis learns from his arrest and imprisonment that the justice system is unfair and that the judge and everyone else won't listen to a poor man.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What does Jurgis learn from his stockyard expirience, and real estate...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/jungle/q-and-a/what-does-jurgis-learn-from-his-stockyard-116525</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What does Jurgis learn from his stockyard expirience, and real estate agent?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:27:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[ what was the juror's rationale for the verdict]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/jungle/q-and-a/what-was-jurors-rationale-verdict-116423</link>
        <description><![CDATA[ what was the juror's rationale for the verdict]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:05:28 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[My answer will be brief because I don't have time to review the novel,...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/jungle/q-and-a/what-other-functions-does-wedding-scene-serve-115887</link>
        <description><![CDATA[My answer will be brief because I don't have time to review the novel, but I can say confidently (from memory) that the wedding scene has at least two important functions:
1. The scene comes early in the novel and helps to make the reader interested in the fate of this family. The scene is written for the contemporary American reader (not the Lithuanian villager, who wouldn't need the same explanations or descriptions of what happens at the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:28:48 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What other functions does the wedding scene serve?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/jungle/q-and-a/what-other-functions-does-wedding-scene-serve-115887</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What other functions does the wedding scene serve?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:08:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jurgis and Ona have to leave Lithuania because Ona's father has gone...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/jungle/q-and-a/why-did-jurgis-ona-decide-upon-chicago-their-home-113987</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Jurgis and Ona have to leave Lithuania because Ona's father has gone broke and the family is losing their farm.  So they decide to go to America.
Historically, many immigrants who come to America come to a place where they already know some people who have immigrated before them.  This phenomenon is called "chain migration."  It was for this reason that Jurgis and Ona chose Chicago.
Ona's stepmother had a brother named Jonas and Jonas had a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:03:46 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Well, like this other person wrote, the younger generation was much more...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well, like this other person wrote, the younger generation was much more disrespectful and didn't celebration according to the original tradition. The older generation, however, celebrated with the bride and groom according to the orginal traditions. They also showed the couple more respect and didn't take advantage of them.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:00:47 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why did Jurgis and Ona decide upon chicago for their home?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/jungle/q-and-a/why-did-jurgis-ona-decide-upon-chicago-their-home-113987</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Why did Jurgis and Ona decide upon chicago for their home?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:42:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "The Jungle," by Upton Sinclair, we follow the experiences of Jurgis...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/jungle/q-and-a/what-essential-information-provided-by-jurgis-113741</link>
        <description><![CDATA[In "The Jungle," by Upton Sinclair, we follow the experiences of Jurgis Rudkus and his family in the United States.  The basic story is that the whole family gets pretty much destroyed by the economic system of the United States of the early 1900s.
So why did Jurgis and the others come to America?  What drove them to come and suffer as they have?  It is this information that is provided by the flashback to Lithuania.  We find out that the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:06:25 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What essential information is provided by Jurgis' flashback to life in...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/jungle/q-and-a/what-essential-information-provided-by-jurgis-113741</link>
        <description><![CDATA[What essential information is provided by Jurgis' flashback to life in Lithuania?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:54:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I dont' have a copy of the novel on hand, but I do remember that the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I dont' have a copy of the novel on hand, but I do remember that the younger people don't respect all of the traditions from the honeland. The detail that most stuck with me, years after reading the novel, is that many of the younger generation eat the food and drink the alcohol but then duck out -- rather than contribute money, by tossing it into a hat, I believe. I know that weddings are often very expensive events, and in a lot of countries...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:35:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In The Jungle, what contrast between the old country and the new and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In The Jungle, what contrast between the old country and the new and between the older and younger generations are evident at the wedding?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:08:52 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Part of the reason why Jurgis believes in the positive nature of work is...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/jungle/q-and-a/why-jurgis-always-optimistic-about-prospect-work-108721</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Part of the reason why Jurgis believes in the positive nature of work is that he genuinely believes in the American Dream.  An essential part of this conception is the idea of the opportunity ideology.  This notion states that if individuals work hard, and struggle within the system, they will find success.  This motivates Jurgis to continue his believe that work is a positive venue.  He does this because he is an immigrant, and believes...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:53:50 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Why is Jurgis always optimistic about the prospect of work in The Jungle?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why is Jurgis always optimistic about the prospect of work in The Jungle?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:36:26 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Discuss and cite the first instance mentioned about industrial illness...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/jungle/q-and-a/discuss-cite-first-instance-mentioned-about-103649</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Discuss and cite the first instance mentioned about industrial illness in the novel?  What is the illness?  What are the symtoms?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:59:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Jungle, The - Novel Test]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sinclair's work had profound effects on both American society, as well...]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/jungle/q-and-a/how-did-book-jungle-by-upton-sinclair-change-world-100191</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Sinclair's work had profound effects on both American society, as well as implications throughout the world.  Writing at the zenith of American Industrialization, Sinclair depicts a fictional work that has so much relevancy that its impact cannot be denied.  The fact that it honors the contributions of working individuals to the American fabric of society is noteworthy.  At a time when wealthy industrialists and profiteering individuals...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:15:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How did the book, "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair change the world?]]></title>
        <link>http://www.enotes.com/jungle/q-and-a/how-did-book-jungle-by-upton-sinclair-change-world-100191</link>
        <description><![CDATA[How did the book, "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair change the world?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:40:09 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sinclair's depiction of capitalism is one where individuals are driven...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sinclair's depiction of capitalism is one where individuals are driven by self serving means of profit.  This vision of capitalism is an isolating one, as each individual is compelled to subscribe to a vision of profit based success where the more money one can generate determines failure or triumph.  Sinclair suggests that such a premise is doomed to failure because it fails to recognize a collective vision where individuals can act with...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 6 Sep 2009 16:21:02 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Upton Sinclair depict the failure of attempts to improve wage...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does Upton Sinclair depict the failure of attempts to improve wage laborer's lives by working from within capitalism ?]]></description>
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