The Jungle Chs. 14-19 by Susanne Cash

Sam

2024-02-02 14:15:38 UTC

I think that it is quite interesting how Sinclair begins this animal analogy with them as "rats in a trap." Everyone knows rats have a very ugly connotation and they are low in rank on the food chain. The family is low in societal rank just like the rat. Now, Jurgis is being compared to a tiger, which has an image of power. I find this quite ironic, because Jurgis and the rest of the family really have no power. They are still low in rank and now they are even lower, since Jurgis has shown what little power he had left.

Jurgis is described in an animalistic and beastly manner. When he attacks Connor, he's described as a tiger fighting its prey. When he's in a jail cell, he sounds like a wild animal trapped in a cage, "a wild beast that breaks its teeth upon the bars of its cage."

2024-02-02 14:15:52 UTC

Animal Analogy

2024-02-02 14:18:12 UTC

Throughout Chapter 16, Jurgis' actions towards Connor is repeatedly called animalistic. While he's in jail, his beating on the doors is compared to a wild beast and he becomes increasingly angry at his situation.

The fall from man to animal :Roux, Sin, Arcenia

2024-02-02 14:19:19 UTC

In chapter 14 Jurgis and his whole family are beginning to break down and lose sight of humanity and begin to lose to all the hardships and become more of a prey animal rather than a person. While in chapter 15 it is like a switch is flipped in Jurgis and he becomes the predator, scratching, and biting Connor, not satsified that he only hurt the man and didn't kill him. This motif continues until chapter 16 where Jurgis is locked up like a wild animal that animal control has picked up and will put down if proven to be too violent.

2024-02-02 14:25:25 UTC

Sinclair uses an animal analogy to describe how immigrants, like Jurgis and his family are treated like animals. In chapter 16 Sinclair says, "he was flung aside, like a bit of trash, the carcass of some animal." He uses this simile to describe Jurgis class in the jail system. Jurgis has fallen to the bottom of society, as the people saw him as an animals on attack. To now being punished and throw away from life.

2024-02-02 14:25:43 UTC

Throughout these two chapters Sinclair uses an analogy to describe Jurgis' animalistic behavior. He is described as a tiger who "understood he was losing his prey" in the fight. In jail he was described as a "wild beast that has glutted itself" because he was happy that he beat up Connor.

2024-02-02 14:28:03 UTC

Jurgis is described as a wild beast and compared to trash. He is pictured similar to an animal trapped in a cage. He is described in an animlailistic way to show the dehumanization of the workers in packingtown. The animal in jurgis comes out when jurgis interacts with Connor. He beats Connor and is even compared to a wild beast and in contrast to Jurgis's earlier behavior in he novel he now resembles behavior of an animal. Jurgis looses the emotional support for Ona and he even begins seeing her as prey especially after the situation with connor is revealed.

Animal Analogies

2024-02-02 14:28:32 UTC

The animal analogies or comparisons tie the book back to the title, The Jungle. In the actual jungle, there is the rule of "survival of the fittest" and "kill or be killed." Throughout the chapters, the immigrants as a whole are described as prey or "rats in a trap" due to their naivety of American opportunities and customs. The predators are often anything that takes advantage or harms the immigrant population, such as the cold that preyed on the weak labor workers in Packingtown. However, at the end of Chapter 15, the roles of predator and prey switch when Jurgis displays beast-like behavior when he attacks Connor and is jailed or caged like large animal or "tiger" in Chapter 16. The animal analogies also allude to the competitive economic and social nature of this time period.

In chapter 14 jurgis begins to show signs of being animalistic because his family is losing sight of their humanity and their goals from coming to america, but in chapter 15 jurgis attacks connor and wanted to kill him for what he did to ona and in chapter 16 he is locked up like a animal in the cage of a zoo.

2024-02-02 14:32:34 UTC

Animal Allegory

2024-02-02 14:33:02 UTC

Jurgis is described in an animalistic way as he becomes increasingly angry. Words like "wild beast" are used to descibe Jurgis. In chapter 16, Jurgis describes his treatment as, "They had put him behind bars, as if he had been a wild beast, a thing without sense or reason...". Jurgis is treated like he wasn't human and this animal allegory is used to represent the treatment of not just Jurgis, but the working class.

Animal

2024-02-02 14:33:30 UTC

Throughout Jurgis' episode of anger, he is often described as a animal/beast or having animalistic behaviors. He thought only in the moment when he made that decision and did not think of the consequences like that of an animal and is described as a uncontrollable beast as he angers further in his cell.

Animal Analogy

2024-02-02 15:43:57 UTC

It is ironic how Jurgis is being compared to an animal since his entire life revolves around killing animals. In the beginning of the book the workers are referred to as "hogs in the machine". Jurgis has been working in the cycle of Packingtown so long that he is now becoming one of the "hogs in the machine" by acting in animalistic ways.

2024-02-02 15:47:19 UTC

From the time Jurgis finds out Ona has been lying to him to the time he gets out of jails he displays the characteristics of a wild animal. Shown by the way he rips Connors cheek off with his teeth and how he's treated when he gets to jail. The interaction between Ona and Jurgis when he found out the truth is when we first see these animalistic traits appear. Jurgis is dehumanized the entire book. Compared to a part in a machine or a rat in a trap.

This Peter, Karly, and Grace

2024-02-02 15:51:12 UTC

This analogy illustrates Jurgis as an enraged beast. The analogy also introduces the idea of how weak the cows/animals are, compared to the workers. These animals are at the mercy of the men; just as Connor (the boss of this corrupt industry) was at the mercy of Jurgis. He was described to become a wild beast, hurting his prey. Similar to the overarching men of the slaughter house.

Animal Analogy - Cora and Maddy K

2024-02-02 15:52:00 UTC

At the end of chapter 15 when Jurgis is searching for Connor and throughout chapter 16 when he is in jail, Sinclair consistently compares Jurgis's actions to those of an animal. Sinclair compares Jurgis to a "wounded bull" to explain the animalistic state he was in and then compares him to a "tiger" as he fought against the men trying to restrain him. After Jurgis is put in Jail he is described as an animal in a cage and the pride he felt just as an animal is after getting their prey, as well as the loneliness of being isolated in a jail cell.

Gabe, Ivy, Tyler

2024-02-02 15:59:32 UTC

The analogy starts all the way back to when the family first visits the meatpacking plant. They see themselves in the hogs being slaughtered and gutted. So the analogy starts with Jurgis as prey. Him and his entire family are compared to the animals in the packing plant, harboring no control over their own lives. Jurgis later transforms into the predator when he is "hunting" Connor. He describes conner as his "prey", and uses words like "pounced" and "uproar". Jurgis is described as a tiger and a wild animal. Once again though he is transformed back into prey when he is "tranquilized" and subdued. While in the prison he is almost herded like cows are. The prisoners are threatened with physical violence if they step out of line. Literally herded into their cells and kept in line. He paces around his cell like an animal caught in a trap, ready to tear the bars with his teeth. He is given drugs in order to calm him down. During this section Sinclair uses lots of language that characterizes Jurgis as an animal. "They had put him behind bars, as if he had been a wild beast, a thing without sense or reason, without rights, without affections, without feelings." He continues this when he says "Would any man in his senses have trapped a wild thing in its lair, and left its young behind to die?".