The Jungle

Introduction + Context

Detailed Summary & Analysis

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31

Themes

All Themes The Dehumanizing Evils of Capitalism The Immigrant Experience and Disillusionment The Horrors of the Meatpacking Industry Family, Masculinity, and Individualism Labor Rights and Socialism

Characters

All Characters Jurgis Rudkus Ona Lukoszaite Marija Berczynskas Phil Connor Dede Antanas Rudkus Antanas Rudkus Grandmother Majauszkiene Stanislovas Lukoszaite Jack Duane Miss Henderson Nicholas Schliemann Mike Scully "Bush" Harper Jadvyga and Mikolas

Symbols

All Symbols Animals Food Packingtown

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allusions Dialect Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Pathos Personification Satire Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Verbal Irony

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The Jungle

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Upton Sinclair

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

All Themes
The Dehumanizing Evils of Capitalism
The Immigrant Experience and Disillusionment
The Horrors of the Meatpacking Industry
Family, Masculinity, and Individualism
Labor Rights and Socialism

All Characters
Jurgis Rudkus
Ona Lukoszaite
Marija Berczynskas
Phil Connor
Dede Antanas Rudkus
Antanas Rudkus
Grandmother Majauszkiene
Stanislovas Lukoszaite
Jack Duane
Miss Henderson
Nicholas Schliemann
Mike Scully
"Bush" Harper
Jadvyga and Mikolas

All Symbols
Animals
Food
Packingtown

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Dialect
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Pathos
Personification
Satire
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Verbal Irony

Theme Wheel Theme Viz

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