KHANH LY Timed Essay Unit 1 Begin writing your essay underneath the line below these directions Your essay should be 4–5 paragraphs and include an introduction and a conclusion paragraph Remember to i[.]
Begin writing your essay underneath the line below these directions Your essay should be 4–5 paragraphs and include an introduction and a conclusion paragraph Remember to include transitions and strong signal verbs and phrases when embedding evidence The Jungle is a literary novel written by Upton Sinclair The readers will follow the lives of an immigrant family and their struggles while living in the early 1900s in Chicago’s Packingtown in the United States throughout The Jungle In the novel, Sinclair uses ethos, pathos, and also rhetorical strategies to reflect the evil of society and the terrible working conditions in the meatpacking industry Moreover, he also calls to the readers for the actions and the changes of society and the conditions for the working class Firstly, Sinclair uses the imagery evokes the negative emotions of the readers such as disgust, indignation, and despair According to the text, it described “There would be meat that had tumbled out on the floor, in the dirt and sawdust, It was too dark in these storage places to see well, but a man could run his hand over these piles of meat and sweep off handfuls of the dried dung of rats (paragraph 2) Also, the text shows that “He would lie and scream for hours, almost in convulsions; and then, when he was worn out, he would lie whimpering and wailing in his torment (paragraph 12) For those two pieces of evidence, Sinclair is evocative and achieves his purposes through the emotions he gives to the readers From that, he could call for the change of the meatpacking industry Secondly, Sinclair coalesced both imagery and personification to elicit the emotions of the readers According to the text, it says “ old joys would stretch out their arms to them, old hopes and dreams would call to them, and they would stir beneath the burden that lay upon them, ” (paragraph 5) As well as the evidence above, this evidence also reveals the personification of the buildings to support the purpose of the author, “He was working in the steaming pit of hell; day after day, week after week—until now, there was not an organ of his body that did its work without pain, until the sound of ocean breakers echoed in his head day and night, and the buildings swayed and danced before him as he went down the street.” (paragraph 8) Together with those two pieces of personification, Sinclair makes the readers feel many emotions of the characters such as despair, defeat, despondent, and hopelessness In addition, the author also wants to expose the industry workers’ struggles in their life and help the reader connect to the characters to evoke the emotions of the readers In the conclusion, Sinclair uses rhetorical strategies to give strong negative emotions to the readers From that, he can inspire and call for the action and the changes of the society from the readers Maria- I liked how you used transition words and I also liked the textual evidence that you used to support your answers ... that, he can inspire and call for the action and the changes of the society from the readers Maria- I liked how you used transition words and I also liked the textual evidence that you used to support