The Jungle by Upton Sinclair (Book Summary) - Minute Book Report

This is a quick book summary of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. This is a tragic story about a Lithuanian family led by a man named Jurgis and their trials in Packingtown's meat packing industry.

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[usvet]

"It is difficult to get a person to understand something when their salary depends on them not understanding it." Upton Sinclair

[carolynegeng]

The last 50 pages of the book is Sinclair thinking, "Now how do I REALLY show everyone I'm a socialist?"
Good book, even if the writing gets stilted.

[topdogmon]

Man my high school English sure loves having us read sum deep messed up books. But good book overall

[ivorymantis]

So
Did anyone else remember hearing about this book, but having the only notable feature drawn from it as "it was a whistleblowing book that demonstrated the dirty working conditions of meat factories which ultimately helped establish the FDA? (pure food and drug act 1906)"

[erichofmeister]

I would love to see an adaptation of this movie in modern day America showing how little has changed in the plight of the immigrant worker or working poor in general.

[VolpeFoxsly]

Holy crap, so glad I found this sooner. Just the story itself sounds like a back and forth. Even though many students and people may not appreciate this as much, I'd just like to say thank you for taking the time and effort to share a story in a way no teacher could have ever done.

[erinboc]

This video made the story seem so much better than when reading it

[averyraresnom]

Where have you been we miss you :( 2021

[jennifersupportsyou]

THANKS SO MUCH
school starts in 3 days so this was VERY HELPFUL

[simeonkrompart]

thank god i watched this ahead of time, time to nock a good 8% off my english grade

[domdicenso]

I wish there was an Upton Sinclair for this generation.

[housemouse]

Small correction, Jurgis would be pronounced Yurgis, since we’re talking about a lithuanian man. Because in lithuanian, the letter J makes a y (consonant style) sound. :) And thank you for the book summary.

[lisaunknownlastname]

So helpful I have to go back to school in 2 days and this was a life saver thank uuuu

[michaelgalvan]

I actually need to finish the book now. I got like 15% of the way through but stopped, idky it seemed super interesting.

[niu]

You did great as always! Can you do a video on "The Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli? It's complicated, haha.

[ccwnoob]

C+ is the grade I give this summary; sorry but as a professor I always think of things in terms of letter grades. This summary omits certain critical details and actually makes two MAJOR factual errors. A better summary enables the recipient to make analytical inferences and to retain key supportive details. I HATE to admit it, but Sparks and Cliffs are excellent A+. Wiki earns an A- grade. As this is a C+ graded summary, a C graded summary would be: "The Jungle is about immigrant struggles."

[robertcole]

Well I have a full test on this book and I haven’t read a chapter in it so I hope I can get a good grade

[Rman.Geck]

You did great as always. Can you do a video on the invisible man? I personally can't choose between Ellison or H.G. Wells... up to you

[hamzacuric]

Hey man! I love your videos.And they are really helpful!Can the next one be
"Lassie come Home"?

[Marylandbrony]

The deceptions of the meat processing plants also lead to the 1987 Guns N' Roses song "Welcome to the Jungle"