Third Post on the Second Book

The theme of The Jungle is...

The theme of this book is that the world is twisted. As simple as it is this is basically the theme of this whole book. In the beginning, the main character of this book, Jurgis Rudkis was a man of integrity and tradition, where he is to support the family with his strength and his influence. However, after they move to America in search of a better life what awaits them is only suffering. Jurgis is forced to work hard hours and is unable to support his wife as well as himself. He is horrified at this fact but continues to strive hard, believing that tomorrow will be a bit better but this is not the case.

At one point, Jurgis loses everything, his job, his wife, and his once highly respected characteristics, he basically becomes a bum and only when he claims a socialist stance upon society does he somehow manage to redeem himself from the mess he was in. This whole idea contradicts our views that socialism is one step behind of captialism, and socialism is indeed the way for the better future. In other words, this book is stating that all captialism will do is bring division of the rich and the poor upon people while bringing in conflicts that is just not necessary for the developing world. The brighter future lies in a controlled society for when people are let to do what they want, all they can do mess up.