Brianna Barboza
11/4/2013 09:22:48 am
"But sometimes, again, the "Appeal" would be desperately serious. It sent a correspondent to Colorado, and printed pages describing the overthrow of American institutions in that state."
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Cole Sargent
11/4/2013 11:10:57 am
Great analysis! I also couldn't help but feel the sheer depression and hopelessness of the book affect me, and it took me a few minutes after setting down the book to realize that, hey, I'm not Jurgis, and I'm not living in a time period where rats literally eat people alive in meat factories!
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Sophia C.
11/4/2013 12:21:41 pm
I love that you not only went over the quote and how you felt about it, but also, since this is the last RJE, the entire book and your connection with, and feelings about it, as a whole. I really enjoyed seeing how you related and how much you really thought about the book and its impact on your life!
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Justin Walker
11/4/2013 03:19:25 pm
Despite this being the last RJE for The Jungle, there is definite room for improvement. The quote analysis, unfortunately, does not elaborate on any points made; simply following it up with a filibuster on the book's plot. I felt that you could have put more content and passion into the actual quote analysis rather than the plot synopsis.
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Jackson Walker
11/4/2013 09:35:24 am
"And we shall organize them, we shall drill them, we shall marshal them for the victory! We shall bear down the opposition, we shall sweep if before us—and Chicago will be ours! Chicago will be ours! CHICAGO WILL BE OURS!"" (Pg. 290, last page of the book)
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Tyler Felix
11/4/2013 09:38:04 am
I agree Jack! I noticed that Sinclair does start to preach towards the end of the final chapter...
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Sabrina
11/4/2013 09:47:23 am
Maybe this was a reflection of Sinclairs personal thoughts on Socialism versus what Jurgis might have done, because I can not imagine Jurgis preaching at all.
Karen
11/4/2013 10:29:41 am
Really good quote choice! I really loved how you connected it to yourself, and the certain expectation people put on each other, and being let down.
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Sarah Olson
11/4/2013 11:30:35 am
Interesting analysis. A good note on the frustration of authors becoming preachy at the end of their novels. It's their last chance to make their point and it often comes across as too strong or biased.
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Gage Gamboa
11/4/2013 12:40:09 pm
Truly excellent post, Jackson Walker. It is very refreshing to see someone rightfully critique the book with valid insights. I wholeheartedly agree with your post. 10/10, would read again.
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Trevin Kraus
11/4/2013 12:42:27 pm
Great analysis. I have to agree with you regarding the end. Sinclair did seem to abandon the story line a bit and instead incorporate his own ideas of Socialism. I was also a little disappointed with the ending. It seemed to lack that happy fulfilling ending that we all look for in a story.
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Malia M.
11/4/2013 03:51:23 pm
I agree! I almost felt like Sinclair lost all pretenses of fiction and started to directly preach on the good of Socialism. The impact might have been greater if he finished off the story through Jurgis' perspective.
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Sabrina
11/4/2013 09:45:49 am
"Jurgis had noticed that the beautiful young girl who sat by the center-table was listening with something of the same look that he himself had worn, the time when he had first discovered Socialism. Jurgis would have liked to talk to her, he felt sure that she would have understood him." - Chapter 31
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Julz Valencia
11/4/2013 12:02:00 pm
Great analysis. I too am curious as to what this "look" would, well look like.
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Tess Herzog
11/4/2013 03:05:05 pm
Great point about how people react to discovering socialism. It is a totally new idea, and I sometimes forget that when reading this book since it is well-know in this time period.
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Jessica Pollock
11/4/2013 04:24:53 pm
I like the metaphor you used. I also am very curious as to what this "look" would look like?
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Lance Shuler
11/4/2013 09:48:01 am
" We shall bear down the opposition, we shall sweep it before us-and Chicago will be ours! Chicago will be ours! CHICAGO WILL BE OURS!"
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Rilind
11/4/2013 11:34:30 am
I too am very proud that he got out of the crime life! I knew he had it deep down in his heart.
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Grady Gumner
11/4/2013 02:27:37 pm
I too found the final bit of the speech very motivational. It came as no surprise to me that Jurgis joined the Socialist party. Throughout the entire book he had been done wrong BECAUSE OF capitalism. Your last point however, saying that we are balanced today, is really wishful and ignorant thinking. Our social class separation is just as bad if not worse than back in the time period when The Jungle was written. I guess capitalism is just ingrained into the American life...
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Hank Sherr
11/4/2013 02:55:39 pm
I like how you said how he changed his life around and what almost got him as a criminal. And how you say what is better than to becoming a criminal and having to try getting away from everything. Instead he does the opposite.
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Tyler Felix
11/4/2013 09:52:59 am
To Jurgis the packers had been equivalent to fate; Ostrinski showed him that they were the Beef Trust. They were a gigantic combination of capital, which had crushed all opposition, and overthrown the laws of the land, and was preying upon the people.
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Andrew Ledezma
11/4/2013 11:50:03 am
I think that it is an extremely significant and even though the paragraph was a bit short, I like the analysis!
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Rachel Deaton
11/4/2013 03:19:22 pm
I agree with you as well! Money is the thing that caused this along with mistreatment. Great post!
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Karen Barragan
11/4/2013 10:28:25 am
Quote:
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Crystal
11/4/2013 12:22:15 pm
Great analysis of the quote as well as the rest of the chapters, Karen! :) I love how you brought up the pointof Jurgis not being alone and wanting another shot at this infamous "American Dream."
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Lisa Valtierra
11/4/2013 05:33:06 pm
Karen, I like the connections you used within the book to make your point. I also liked how you brought back this whole idea of the "American Dream"
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Meranda Knowles
11/4/2013 10:50:00 am
""I've got work now, and so you can leave here."
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Cole Sargent
11/4/2013 11:08:07 am
I also realized that the characters were being changed for the worse as the book progressed, though I think, in the end, Jurgis found himself. Great analysis!
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Y(a)sabella Dawson
11/4/2013 01:31:24 pm
I think that you bring up a very good point, although I don't really remember that as much from the class. I definitely remember the teacher telling us how your job as an author is to torture your characters, and take things precious to them away, but you do have to give them back something to fill the void you created by robbing them. But you are right, the characters need to change for the story to move forward.
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Carly
11/4/2013 02:49:38 pm
Sweet real-world connection. I never thought about it, but that is exactly what most authors do to characters. However, I would almost say the conflict is not completely resolved, because Marija is still stuck in the brothel, which is tragic.
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Malia M.
11/4/2013 03:53:58 pm
Great analysis! I agree a great author resolves the problem and changes the characters. I do wish Marija could have gotten a happier ending or at least a chance at hope.
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Cole Sargent
11/4/2013 11:06:24 am
“We shall have the radical Democracy left without a lie with which to cover its nakedness! And then will begin the rush that will never be checked, the tide that will never turn till it has reached its flood—that will be irresistible, overwhelming—the rallying of the outraged workingmen of Chicago to our standard! And we shall organize them, we shall drill them, we shall marshal them for the victory! We shall bear down the opposition, we shall sweep if before us—and Chicago will be ours! Chicago will be ours! CHICAGO WILL BE OURS!” (Sinclair 373). Wow. This book has been an enlightening experience, and I feel like I understand the Progressive Era far better, and from a primary source too. This book has been significant to me because it made me realize that there probably has always been some kind of social struggle in America, and there never really was a time of total and complete prosperity--there was always something wrong, somewhere. It emphasized my belief that the regulations we have on food and drugs today are extremely important, as envisioning any one of the countless, vivid sentences that describe the conditions of the factories or meat disgusts me, and I imagine that if I lived in the 1900s and read this book I would probably projectile vomit multiple times. All in all, though, the book’s been a great experience, and I feel like I’ve learned a lot from it, politically and historically.
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Sarah Olson
11/4/2013 11:29:27 am
Great analysis, I completely agree. The Jungle is a powerful book
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Sarah Olson
11/4/2013 11:27:27 am
"But to you, the workingman, the wage slave, calling with a voice insistent, imperious - with a voice that you cannot escape, wherever upon the earth you might be!...And now a dream of resistance haunts him, hope battling with fear; until suddenly he stirs, and a fetter snaps - and a thrill shoots through him, to the farthest ends of his huge body, and in a flash the dream becomes an act!"
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Andrew Ledezma
11/4/2013 11:51:25 am
I love your analysis and I think that you hit the nail right on the head. I love how you analyzed this perspective shift. Great work!
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Rachel Maristela
11/4/2013 03:10:01 pm
I agree for this to be one of the most powerful scenes in the book - finally taking down the cruelty and oppression after so many years. Your thoughts are very well written. Good job! (:
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Jessica Pollock
11/4/2013 04:26:24 pm
I like how you just shared the major themes in this book in one paragraph. It is a great analysis to finish up the book with.
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Anthony Williams
11/4/2013 11:31:25 am
“--So spoke an orator upon the platform; and two thousand pairs of eyes were fixed upon him, and two thousand voices were cheering his every sentence. The orator had been the head of the city's relief bureau in the stockyards, until the sight of misery and corruption had made him sick. He was young, hungry-looking, full of fire; and as he swung his long arms and beat up the crowd, to Jurgis he seemed the very spirit of the revolution.”
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Rilind
11/4/2013 11:35:35 am
Short but sweet. The book really has shown a lot of different perspectives and this is one of the more interesting ones in my opinion.
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Ryan M.
11/4/2013 11:42:05 am
I completely agree with your analysis. Also I think that getting the viewpoint of Jurgis was indeed very powerful
Rilind
11/4/2013 11:45:54 am
“after Jurgis had made himself more familiar with the Socialist literature, as he would very quickly, he would get glimpses of the Beef Trust from all sorts of aspects”
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Salina
11/4/2013 01:53:35 pm
I really like how you relate his perspective changing because he became a socialist, I think it was best for him too.
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Andrew Ledezma
11/4/2013 11:47:14 am
“a twinkle would come into his eyes and he would say, "You know what to do about it--vote the Socialist ticket!"
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Julz Valencia
11/4/2013 11:59:24 am
I agree with you. I also find it ironic that socialism is in fact a major part of this book and the original purpose of the book however it was not recognized for that.
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Hayes Sherr
11/4/2013 03:02:18 pm
I agree, this was the first time socialism was brought on a character and it make the book more interesting once we found out Jurgis was a socialist.
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Julz Valencia
11/4/2013 11:51:06 am
"So, after that, Jurgis was known to his 'boss' as 'Comrade Jurgis,' and in return he was expected to call him 'Comrade Hinds.' " Chapter 30
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Julz Valencia
11/4/2013 11:53:06 am
treats*
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Gage Gamboa
11/4/2013 12:37:23 pm
Great post! Wonderful observation on the significance of Jurgis's employer treating him with an equal respect.
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Meilani
11/4/2013 02:06:31 pm
Love your quote, and I also thought that this was an interesting contrast to his experience in the meat houses.
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Tess Herzog
11/4/2013 03:02:41 pm
So true about equality... It is a first for Jurgis to have a boss be equal rather than take advantage of him.
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Ryan M.
11/4/2013 12:01:56 pm
"In a society dominated by the fact of commercial competition, money is necessarily the test of prowess, and wastefulness the sole criterion of power." Chapter 31
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Sophia C.
11/4/2013 12:17:20 pm
I sort of agree with your sentiment although I think it could easily be corrupted still.
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Preston Royal
11/4/2013 02:01:14 pm
Good job Ryan M.! I think that the quote you choose was very good and was a significant part of the last chapter. Though these responses are over now, next time try and add more length and really elaborate on the point you wish to make! Good job bro!
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Sophia C.
11/4/2013 12:16:05 pm
"He had been torn out of the jaws of destruction, he had been delivered from the thraldom of despair; the whole world had been changed for him--he was free, he was free!"
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Crystal
11/4/2013 12:19:14 pm
I love the quote you chose for you analysis. I agree with your feeling for Jurgis that isn't complete joy for him, there is an underlying tone of sadness that cannot quite be ignored. :)
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Erik Salazar
11/4/2013 02:41:40 pm
I feel the exact same about the ending for Jurgis. He may end on a positive note but nothing can change what he went through.
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Justin Walker
11/4/2013 03:21:43 pm
What a captivating quote choice! The points you raise are well-defended and your unorthodox reaction to a supposedly joyous moment exemplifies a scholarly mindset, i.e. viewing a supposedly invariable segment under a different context. Great job.
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Crystal Delgado
11/4/2013 12:17:13 pm
"And we shall organize them for the victory! We shall bear down the opposition, we shall sweep it before us- and Chicago will be ours! Chicago will be ours! Chicago will be ours!"
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Ysabella Dawson
11/4/2013 01:27:23 pm
I think that what you say here is very descriptive of the scene at hand. They worked so hard and fought so much for their freedom, and now that fighting spirit is rearing up as they are ready to take the city for their own and end the corruption.
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Trey Lewis
11/4/2013 12:21:48 pm
Quote: "The Book"
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Erik Salazar
11/4/2013 02:45:10 pm
Very powerful quote but I can agree on not taking this book as serious as I should have then discovering the truth inside of it.
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Gage Gamboa
11/4/2013 12:32:36 pm
“That he had a score of socialist arguments chasing through his brain in the meantime did not interfere with this; in the contrary, Jurgis scrubbed the spittoons and polished the banisters all the more vehemently because at the same time he was wrestling inwardly with an imaginary recalcitrant.” Page 334 (Barnes & Noble Classics Edition), Chapter 30.
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Trevin Kraus
11/4/2013 12:37:59 pm
I agree with you 100%. It is finally nice to see true happiness in this story. For the most part the story has been very negative and Jurgis had been put through a great deal. It is nice to see a little hope brought into his life.
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Preston
11/4/2013 01:57:27 pm
Great job Gage! I think that the way you said this was spot on and I couldn't have said it better myself! I think that this was indeed a turning point, but I think this was more of a patch over Jurgis's broken life, than a heal of his wound. Overall though, AWESOME JOB BRO!
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Trevin Kraus
11/4/2013 12:35:12 pm
Quote:"And we shall organize them for the victory! We shall bear down the opposition, we shall sweep it before us-and Chicago will be ours! Chicago will be ours! CHICAGO WILL BE OURS!"
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Alex Demos
11/4/2013 01:46:05 pm
My summary was quite similar to yours. The end of the book definitely does represent a major change within the events that have taken place from beginning to end.
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Adrian Schnepp
11/4/2013 12:53:59 pm
"And then will begin the rush that will never be checked, the tide that will never turn till it has reached its flood--that will be irresistible, overwhelming--the rallying of the outraged workingmen of Chicago to our standard! And we shall organize them, we shall drill them, we shall marshal them for the victory! We shall bear down the opposition, we shall sweep if before us--and Chicago will be ours! Chicago will be ours! CHICAGO WILL BE OURS!"
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Jessica
11/4/2013 02:53:22 pm
The way you analyzed this quote was PERFECTION and pulled together the collection of our reading journals nicely! I completely agree with everything you are saying and you wrote this all very beautifully! Muy Bien!
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Chris Bargman
11/4/2013 01:04:09 pm
"The senator had been denying that the Democratic party was corrupt; it was always the Republicans who bought the votes, he said--and here was Jurgis shouting furiously, "It's a lie! It's a lie!" After which he went on to tell them how he knew it--that he knew it because he had bought them himself!:"
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Salina
11/4/2013 01:51:05 pm
I completely agree, and like that you connected it to Jurgis having integrity.
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Max Klein
11/4/2013 01:19:29 pm
“A twinkle would come into his eyes and he would say, "You know what to do about it--vote the Socialist ticket!"
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Alex Demos
11/4/2013 01:50:16 pm
I find your analysis interesting. You believe that he rushed his closing, whereas he could have instead opened up his perspective with a more in-depth look, resulting with just a couple more chapters or so. What do you believe he could have added?
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Ysabella Dawson
11/4/2013 01:25:23 pm
“... a hog was just what he had been- one of the packers' hogs. What they wanted from a hog was all the profits that could be got out of him; and that was what they wanted from the working-man, and also that was what they wanted from the public. What the hog thought of it, and what he suffered, were not considered; and no more was it with labor, and no more with the purchaser of meat. That was true everywhere in the world, but it was especially true in Packingtown...”
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Carly
11/4/2013 02:46:20 pm
Awesome connection. I think you just perfectly illustrated the point of the book(the one that Sinclair intended). The packers treat their employees no better than the animals they slaughter.
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Alex Demos
11/4/2013 01:37:33 pm
"So one by one the old, dingy, and unsanitary factories will come down -- it will be cheaper to build new; and so the steamships will be provided with stoking machinery, and so the dangerous trades will be made safe, or substitutes will be found for their products."
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Salina
11/4/2013 01:49:40 pm
"So, after that, Jurgis was known to his "boss" as "Comrade Jurgis,""- chapter 30
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Preston Royal
11/4/2013 01:55:02 pm
“And besides," Marija added, "I can't do anything. I'm no good—I take dope. What could you do with me?"
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Meilani
11/4/2013 02:04:49 pm
"…nothing would be the same to him; he would understand it, and bear it. He would no longer be the sport of circumstances, he would be a man, with a will and a purpose…"
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Jake Little
11/4/2013 02:23:46 pm
I agree, Jurgis now has a 'hobby' or just something that takes his mind off of things. He now has become enlightened and is part of a group of comrades that all believe in the same ideas and can connect to one another. This is exactly what Jurgis needed in is life to fill in the gaps and forget the bad things from the past. Very good point
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Jake Little
11/4/2013 02:18:12 pm
"A wonderfully wise little woman was Elzbieta; she could think as quickly as a hunted rabbit, and in half an hour she had chosen her life-attitude to the Socialist movement. She agreed in everything with Jurgis, except the need of his paying his dues; and she would even go to a meeting with him now and then, and sit and plan her next day's dinner amid the storm."
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Katie
11/4/2013 02:19:06 pm
“The price is the labor it has cost to make and deliver it, and it is determined by the first principles of arithmetic. The million workers in the nation's wheat fields have worked a hundred days each, and the total product of the labor is a billion bushels, so the value of a bushel of wheat is the tenth part of a farm labor-day. If we employ an arbitrary symbol, and pay, say, five dollars a day for farm work, then the cost of a bushel of wheat is fifty cents.”
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Jordan Garcia
11/4/2013 02:21:02 pm
And then will begin the rush that will never be checked, the tide that will never turn till it has reached its flood--that will be irresistible, overwhelming--the rallying of the outraged workingmen of Chicago to our standard! And we shall organize them, we shall drill them, we shall marshal them for the victory! We shall bear down the opposition, we shall sweep if before us--and Chicago will be ours! Chicago will be ours! CHICAGO WILL BE OURS!
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Grady Gumner
11/4/2013 02:24:02 pm
Props to you for observing the final speech in such depth. Reading about all of the different connections you saw made me think of the final speech a little differently and more in-depth.
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Jessica
11/4/2013 02:58:12 pm
I love how you analyzed this deeply to bring the book to a good close. If you would have touched briefly on the other habits that would have been great just because you said they all connected and I'm curious as to how you think they would connect!
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Grady Gumner
11/4/2013 02:22:15 pm
Quote: "'This election will pass, and the excitement will die, and people will forget about it; and if you forget about it too, if you sink back and rest upon your ears, we shall lose this vote that we have polled today, and our enemies will laugh us to scorn! It rests with you to take your resolution ..." (Sinclair 413)
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Jake Little
11/4/2013 02:44:45 pm
Very good point. I think that Siniclar's way of writing make us readers want to support the ideas of socialism, and he does it just by describing the bad things about meatpacking back then. Very bizarre how his writing makes such an impact on us readers.
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John
11/4/2013 02:42:08 pm
"He was no longer shy about it--when he went in, instead of saying all the things he had been planning to say, he started to tell Elzbieta about the revolution!"
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Hank Sherr
11/4/2013 02:50:23 pm
I like how you talked about how he is pretty much starting over, and making a new part of his life. Everything has finally clicked back together.
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Carly
11/4/2013 02:44:06 pm
"That was always the way, said Ostrinski; when a man was first converted to Socialism he was like a crazy person--he could not' understand how others could fail to see it, and he expected to convert all the world the first week. After a while he would realize how hard a task it was; and then it would be fortunate that other new hands kept coming, to save him from settling down into a rut."
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Xochitl Aguinaga
11/4/2013 03:15:05 pm
Great insight, I definitly agree that there is always an initial excitement when finding out something new.
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Hank Sherr
11/4/2013 02:44:59 pm
Quote: "What they wanted from a hog was all the profits that could be got out of him; and that was what they wanted from the workingman, and also that was what they wanted from the public."
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Rachel Deaton
11/4/2013 03:17:30 pm
Nice post Hank! I agree with you! Jurgis saw a lot and how similarly the hogs and people were treated.
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Ryan Novak
11/4/2013 02:48:58 pm
"…nothing would be the same to him; he would understand it, and bear it. He would no longer be the sport of circumstances, he would be a man, with a will and a purpose…"
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Jessica Boensch
11/4/2013 02:49:40 pm
"The working-man was to fix his hopes upon a future life, while his pockets were picked in this one; he was brought up to frugality, humility, obedience--in short to all the pseudo-virtues of capitalism. The destiny of civilization would be decided in one final death struggle between the Red International and the Black, between Socialism and the Roman Catholic Church..."
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Hayes Sherr
11/4/2013 02:58:46 pm
I really like how you reflected on socialism and the use that Sinclair describes.
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Rachel Maristela
11/4/2013 03:13:24 pm
I agree! I like how you explained capitalism vs socialism very well.
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Hayes Sherr
11/4/2013 02:53:48 pm
"We shall have the sham reformers self-stultified and self-convicted; we shall have the radical Democracy left without a lie with which to cover its nakedness! And then will begin the rush that will never be checked, the tide that will never turn till it has reached its flood—that will be irresistible, overwhelming—the rallying of the outraged workingmen of Chicago to our standard! And we shall organize them, we shall drill them, we shall marshal them for the victory! We shall bear down the opposition, we shall sweep if before us—and Chicago will be ours! Chicago will be ours! CHICAGO WILL BE OURS!”
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Tess Herzog
11/4/2013 03:01:31 pm
“He would no longer be the sport of circumstances, he would be a man with a will and a purpose; he would have something to fight for, something to die for, if need be!”
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Rachel Maristela
11/4/2013 03:06:12 pm
"Yet when he had thought of all the humanity that was vile and hideous, he had somehow always excepted his own family that he had loved."
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Erik Salazar
11/4/2013 03:06:29 pm
"So long as we have wage slavery," answered Schliemann, "it matters not in the least how debasing and repulsive a task may be, it is easy to find people to perform it. But just as soon as labor is set free, then the price of such work will begin to rise."
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Rachel Deaton
11/4/2013 03:15:59 pm
"He had been torn out of the jaws of destruction, he had been delivered from the thraldom of despair; the whole world had been changed for him--he was free, he was free!" Chapter 29.
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Lisa Valtierra
11/4/2013 05:31:28 pm
Rachel, I love how you always give insight into what you're thinking and it makes it easier to see what you're picturing and seeing and thinking. Good job!
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Justin Walker
11/4/2013 03:16:56 pm
"The whole balance of what the people produced went to heap the fortunes of these capitalists, to heap, and heap again, and yet again--and that in spite of the fact that they, and every one of them, lived in complete luxury!"
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Malia M.
11/4/2013 03:49:45 pm
"For this reason I would serious maintain that all medical and surgical discoveries that science can make in the future will be of less importance than the application of the knowledge we already possess, when the disinherited of the earth have established their right to human existence."
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Xochitl Aguinaga
11/4/2013 03:57:10 pm
I like how you took this quote and applied it to Socialism as a whole.
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Xochitl Aguinaga
11/4/2013 03:53:04 pm
Reading log # 7
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Halee Robinson
11/4/2013 11:30:37 pm
This is a really interesting way to see things. I never realized the value of the family either, although i think its more than just Sinclairs familial value. The family, in the first half of the book, acted mostly as a way to push Jurgis towards his fate; him needing to support a family, Ona and Jurgis's child's death, et cetera.
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Jessica Pollock
11/4/2013 04:22:48 pm
"We shall bear down the opposition, we shall sweep if before us--and Chicago will be ours! Chicago will be ours! CHICAGO WILL BE OURS!"
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Paris Gramann
11/4/2013 10:05:16 pm
Jessica, I definitely think you hit the nail on the head with your thoughts here. I remember Mrs. Clark saying that Sinclair wrote this book for Socialism and to get his ideas out. Instead, the public focused on his food/ working descriptions.
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Abby Thompson
11/4/2013 04:31:13 pm
"No matter how poor a man was, or how much he suffered, he could never be really unhappy while he knew of that future; even if he did not live to see it himself, his children would, and, to a Socialist, the victory of his class was his victory."
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John Laine
11/4/2013 04:39:40 pm
“Hinds's hotel was a very hot-bed of the propaganda; all the employees were party men, and if they were not when they came, they were quite certain to be before they went away. The proprietor would get into a discussion with some one in the lobby, and as the conversation grew animated, others would gather about to listen, until finally every one in the place would be crowded into a group, and a regular debate would be under way.”
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Halee Robinson
11/4/2013 11:34:07 pm
Is your HOHAM connection?
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Chelsea
11/4/2013 04:46:23 pm
"But he stuck by the family nevertheless, for they reminded him of his old happiness; and when things went wrong he could solace himself with a plunge into the Socialist movement."
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Paris Gramann
11/4/2013 10:09:19 pm
I like what you are saying about helping others especially when you have been through what they are going through. I think that a lot of people can be the happiest when they are helping others. Also, I think this line sums up Jurgis solution to the problems he has been trying to face for the last few chapters. He now has a way to mend his broken heart -- to fill it with good things.
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Sabrina
11/5/2013 02:33:40 am
I really enjoyed your personal connection with this text. I love how you think it is important to love and help others, this is becoming more and more rare. Great Job!!! :) :)
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Lisa Valtierra
11/4/2013 05:30:08 pm
"We shall bear down the opposition, we shall sweep it before us - and Chicago will be ours! Chicago will be ours. CHICAGO WILL BE OURS!"
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Vivian Mason
11/4/2013 10:32:39 pm
I liked the HOHAM you choose for this response. It was well thought out and thorough. I also liked the detail you went into. What are some questions you might have though? Over all very nice :)
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Paris Gramann
11/4/2013 09:59:19 pm
"The "Appeal" had what it called its "Army," about thirty thousand of the faithful, who did things for it; and it was always exhorting the "Army" to keep its dander up, and occasionally encouraging it with a prize competition, for anything from a gold watch to a private yacht or an eighty-acre farm. Its office helpers were all known to the "Army" by quaint titles--"Inky Ike," "the Bald-headed Man," "the Redheaded Girl," "the Bulldog," "the Office Goat," and "the One Hoss.'" Ch. 30
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Vivian Mason
11/4/2013 10:30:11 pm
I liked the connections you made! Very interesting. Also the questions you posed where quite insightful. Over all nice job :)
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Vivian Mason
11/4/2013 10:41:27 pm
Quote: "..he would be a man with a will and a purpose; he would have something to fight for, something to die for, if need be!”
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Halee Robinson
11/4/2013 11:20:38 pm
"These revolutionists were not angels; they were men, and men who had come up from the social pit, and with the mire of it smeared over them."
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Sophia Kormanik
11/5/2013 03:11:38 pm
“The sentences of this man were to Jurgis like the crashing of thunder in his soul; a flood of emotions surged up in him-all his hopes and longings, his old griefs and rages and despairs. All that he had ever felt in his whole life seemed to come back to him at once, and with one new emotion, hardly to be described. That he should have suffered such oppressions and such horrors was bad enough; but that he should have been crushed and beaten by them, that he should have submitted, and forgotten, and lived in peace-ah, truly that was a thing not to be put into words, a thing not to be borne by a human creature, a thing of terror and madness!”
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Quentin Jackson
1/13/2014 11:37:24 am
Chicago will be ours!
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