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What plot element is this reading passage from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Jr an example of Tonight in Chicago there are a hundred thousand children wearing out their strength and blasting their lives in the effort to earn their bread! There are a hundred thousand mothers who are living in misery and squalor, struggling to earn enough to feed their little ones! There are a hundred thousand old people, cast off and helpless, waiting for death to take them from their torments! There are a million people, men and women and children, who share the curse of the wage-slave; who toil every hour they can stand and see, for just enough to keep them alive; who are condemned till the end of their days to monotony and weariness, to hunger and misery, to heat and cold, to dirt and disease, to ignorance and drunkenness and vice!

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What term least describes the mood of this passage from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair Jr tonight in Chicago there are a hundred thousand children A chagrin B sullen C dauntless D despondent?

The full question and reading passage is: Tonight in Chicago there are a hundred thousand children wearing out their strength and blasting their lives in the effort to earn their bread! There are a hundred thousand mothers who are living in misery and squalor, struggling to earn enough to feed their little ones! There are a hundred thousand old people, cast off and helpless, waiting for death to take them from their torments! There are a million people, men and women and children, who share the curse of the wage-slave; who toil every hour they can stand and see, for just enough to keep them alive; who are condemned till the end of their days to monotony and weariness, to hunger and misery, to heat and cold, to dirt and disease, to ignorance and drunkenness and vice! The term that least describes the mood of this passage is dauntless.


Where did Upton Sinclair do it at?

Chicago, the Windy City, the City of Big shoulders, Chi-town


What novel revealed the unsanitary conditions found in Chicago's stockyards?

"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair


Who was Upton Sinclair Jr?

Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle. in 1906. It was an exposé of the Chicago meatpacking industry. The book helped change national regulations on food preparation.


What did uptan Sinclair write?

Upton Sinclair wrote the novel "The Jungle," which exposed the harsh conditions in Chicago's meatpacking industry and contributed to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act.


What is the setting for the book the jungle?

The setting for the book "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair is Chicago, Illinois in the early 1900s. It primarily takes place in the city's stockyards and meatpacking industry, portraying the harsh conditions faced by immigrant workers.


What was the realistic book written by Upton Sinclair that described the unsanitary conditions in the meat packaging industry in 1906?

The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, Jr. described the meat packing industry in Chicago, IL.


When was Chicago Children's Museum created?

Chicago Children's Museum was created in 1982.


What social problem did Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle describe?

The living and working conditions in Chicago's stockyards.


What muckraking novel addressed the abuses that occurred in Chicago's meatpacking industry?

Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle".


What did Upton Sinclair expose and write about?

"The Jungle" exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry in turn-of-the-century Chicago


Where is the Chicago Children'S Museum in Chicago Illinois located?

The address of the Chicago Children'S Museum is: 700 E Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60611