... the footnotes it does have are on how to pronounce things. There is a bibliography in the back which lists all of his sources for information on meatpacking and his other documentation. For the most part it is historically accurate, as it tells the life of a man who works in a realistic meat packing setting. Because it is fictional, though, it probably would not be much of an aid to a historical researcher. The novel itself, containing over Three hundred pages, is rather long and tediously boring. Sinclair’s central purpose in writing The Jungle was to persuade people to join the socialist party and to adopt the view that socialism is the only way to co ...

... another women. Her mother had more children and married again, but Anne’s relationship with her stepfather was very shaky. He thought Anne was too outspoken for her own good. Racism surrounded Anne and even though she was young she challenged it. She wanted to know why, whites went to other schools, and why she couldn’t tutor whites who needed help. She also wanted to understand why blacks were being mistreated, beat, and even killed for no other reason but their color. The event in Anne’s childhood followed her into adolescence. Anne’s challenging spirit was growing. This caused a bad relationship with her mother; she wanted Anne to just follow those before ...

... the boys never gave up the fight. It was as thought giving up would have meant giving up much more than money or a boxing match. It would have been a loss of dignity and pride, none of them wanted to lose that. Also, by the time the boys were given the chance to chase the money, they were numb from pain. I don't think the new torture methods were really affecting the boys. Their bodies became somewhat immune to the blows after awhile. My battle royal was a little bit different from the boys in the story. I did not really suffer from outside torment. The battle I faced was mostly inside myself. People didn't have to say anything and I would be judging myse ...

... together. Each individual section could not succeed in its goal without the views given in the other sections. They all work together to for m the complete work. The first section is narrated from Benjy's mind. Unfortunately for the reader, Benjy is mentally incapable of clear thought. In other words, this section of the book appears to be a jumbled mess of sounds and senses at first glance. However, this section can be "translated" to make some kind of sense. Once this happens, the story does make sense and does serve a purpose. The main conflict of the story revolves around Caddy's promiscuity. Each character takes some position regarding this fact. Ben ...

... had to weigh themselves, plot their weight on a graph, and initial the charts after all the other chores were done! Frank is known as an efficiency expert. He did things like button his shirt from the bottom up, instead of top to bottom because the process has a three second gap. He would even lather his face with two brushes and then try to shave with two razors. The idea with the two razors didn't work quite as well as some of his other objectives. For instance, he was angrier at the fact that it took him two minutes to put a bandage on his neck then the slash he gave himself while shaving with two hands! No matter what the situation was, Mr. Gilbreth alw ...

... then introduces the reader to the other main characters in the novel, his cousin Daisy and her husband Tom Buchanan, as well as the namesake of The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby himself. The story unfolds, and we discover Gatsby's background and his relationship with Daisy. His estrangement from her all these years has been spent with him building his fortune so that he can one day have a life with her, despite her marriage to Tom. Thus, we are introduced to the American Dream, as seen in the eyes of Jay Gatsby. A surprising twist occurs at the end, however, when Daisy kills her husband's married lover, Myrtle Wilson, with Gatsby's car, causing the deceased's husband ...

... the government of Czechoslovakia in an insurance post. In the story, Gregor’s father had very little respect for him, and Gregor had to work to pay off the family debts. That is an example of Gregor’s father’s control over his life and Kafka’s situation was similar. He eventually was forced to become a lawyer, whereas what Kafka wanted was a literary degree. Franz Kafka made his character, Gregor, transform into an insect in the story. Nobody wants to associate themselves with an insect, which is a lowly creature, a pest, or nuisance. This symbolizes Kafka’s depression and his poor self image. Since his family treats the ins ...

... with a “hypnotic stare” of his charge against the handsome sailor. His image initially was of “a serpent fascination,” however; his facial expression corrodes as he reveals his anger antipathy toward Billy face to face. First, his eyes change their color from a “wonted rich violet” to a “muddy purple.” Melville even portrays him almost into a non-human being, an “alien eyes of an uncatalogued creature.” Furthermore, as opposed to his initial image, Melville compares the man to a “hungry lurch of the torpedo-fish.” Melville deliberately transforms Claggart’s demonic trait to a more extreme ...

... the lead that Napoleon sets no matter what the other animals tell him. Boxer also tried to remain loyal to the memory he had of Snowball at the Battle of the Cowshed until Squealer brainwashes him into thinking otherwise. While Squealer is attempting to persuade Boxer, Boxer says, "I do not believe Snowball was a traitor at all in the beginning." He sticks to this until he is told that Napoleon said that the story about Snowball was true. He then resorted back the motto that "Napoleon is always right." He may have been able to stick to his belief about Snowball had it not been for his naive nature. The pigs took a great advantage of this. Boxer was also faith ...

... surrounded by nearly smothers him. He is working in a grocery store going through the same motions for hours upon hours at a time. If one has ever been a grocery store clerk, then one has reckoned with, or attempted to reckon with, the strangling blandness and repetition of the job. Also, this A&P lies in a very formal, conservative town, five miles off the beach. Despite this closeness to the beach, some people in the town "haven't seen the ocean for twenty years" (482). This town, and this A&P, like the people in it, are boring and stagnant. The characters in this A&P are the most persuasive external factor in Sammy's internal conflict. The reader arrives ...