First Post on Second Book

The book I'm currently reading The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. The book is a very interesting one for it is basically about a Lithuanian man and his wife with her family, who goes to an area in Chicago in hopes of living the American dream. The difference between the beginning and the middle to about the end really shows one EXACTLY, that this is what our general ideaology is, and this is reality. However, even though he tries very hard to live his dreams, he faces many problems, and several of them having to with him being tricked. I also found this book far more interesting then The Day of the Triffids (my first book) and is far more realistic (this is probably because the author was trying to raise awareness for laborers in the United States). This dystopian novel demonstrates to us how messed up our society was and maybe still is today, where man has to fend for himself. Jurgis Rudkis, the main character of the story, is a very capable man and I find him far more interesting and round than Bill Masen (the main character from day of the triffids). Jurgis, in my opinion, represents very well the majority of new adults, looking for success and happiness (like the students who have stepped into the outside world, thinking that things would be exactly like in the books). The source of the dystopia in this is the true nature of humans beings of a time when unity was needed. Greed, pride, and gluttony, all bring the character to the ground on his knees but the process of redemption was very interesting.