The Role Of Jurgis In Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

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Characterization- it shows power in the reading and helps maintain the constant theme of the book. A character who is brought through the definition of hell in this book. Jurgis the protagonist of this book, is brought through dreadful circumstances in the American way as Ona struggles to survive. Jurgis tries to see the American spirit by doing everything that he can for his family and successfully achieves his conquest to the American way. Ona tries and tries to successfully succeed but struggles with difficulties and faults in America. One interpretation of characterization by Jurgis is that he has bolstering determination and will ultimately not be stopped in this book. Jurgis finally does the certain instructions told by his boss and finally sees the true meaning of existence in the horrors …show more content…
In Upton Sinclair depiction of the horrors of factories and struggles in his novel The Jungle, Jurgis and Ona will illustrate and seek past different aspects of diverse characterization in literature.
Jurgis, blunt and human hearted in the very aspect of human ways. Jurgis appears a behemoth, weighing a whopping 260 pounds, and standing six foot six. In the beginning of the book, Jurgis appears to have insight and is a lovingly man with a big heart. His appearance doesn't tell the way of his character because he has stern eyebrows and huge biceps. But in the reality, his personality will always be affectionate from his kindness towards Ona and his determination to pay out the bills received by Ona. Jurgis is Lithuanian, coming from a poor family living out in the woodland area of Lithuania. “Jurgis has never seen a huge city, and scarcely he's never seen a small-sized town.”(pg 14). “When Jurgis was doing nothing, we would start to fidget and dance with the overflow of
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