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Upton Sinclair
The Jungle
Website Evaluators
Virginia Brackett - East Central University, Oklahoma
Jonathan Fairman - Cleveland School of the Arts, Ohio
Denise Marovich-Sampson - San Pedro High School, California
Website Reviewer and Compiler
Charles R. Sanders - San Pedro High School, California
Site Ratings
1 = Poor 2 = Fair 3 = Good 4 = Excellent
The Jungle
http://www.ilstu.edu/class/hist136/jungle.html
Here is a "strong, impressive site" which allows one "to tap into course materials from Illinois State University" on Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
Included are "strong comprehension/discussion questions on the novel as well as an essay assignment." Although it was written for college students, "it has a clear style and is easily maneuvered." Equally
impressive are the many "great links, not only on Sinclair and The Jungle," but on "writing, research and style" as well.
Overall Rating: 4Letters to Upton Sinclair
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Sinclair/
From the U. C. Berkeley Digital Library comes the complete text of Upton Sinclair's
The Jungle, along with photocopies of several letters to the author from Jack London. "The photocopies are interesting and they provide some information about Sinclair's activities from 1910 to 1916."
This site is "well worth a visit" for the biographical "information from a first-hand source." A link to the home page gives one access to the massive digital collections and services of the Berkeley Digital
Library, a great resource for researchers of all disciplines.
Overall Rating: 3The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
http://bookideas.com/reviews/fiction/thejungle.htm
Although this site is "simply a book review of Sinclair's The Jungle" by a university student, it does promise reluctant readers "an intriguing plot,
not simply an exposé of the meat packing industry." The site could serve as "a fair model for reviewing a novel" as it "explains various themes and characters without giving too much away." One useful link
"provides students a chance to make their own comments on the novel."
Overall Rating: 2Response to Major Project #1 (The Jungle)
http://prospero.cailab.mwsc.edu/frick/362/3.24.98-19.20.47.html
The sole feature of this site is
a "well-written and slightly researched paper about the meat packing industry then and now, and how Sinclair's The Jungle
effected changes in all industries." The essay could be "used as an example of how a student can prove an issue in literature," or as a "model five-paragraph essay" with a "strong thesis statement."
Overall Rating: 2Upton Sinclair
http://199.173.224.3/history/sinclair.html
For students researching the life of Upton Sinclair,
this "strong biography…primarily focuses on Sinclair the social crusader as opposed to Sinclair the writer." Details of Sinclair's "highly profiled political career in California" show him to be "a man who
envisions a future for the world." A link to the Museum of the City of San Francisco includes "political and newspaper ads…and letters to Sinclair from Jack London."
Overall Rating: 2
Upton Beall Sinclair (1878-1968)
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/sinclair.htm
Perhaps the most valuable aspect of this Upton Sinclair
site is the "long chronological list of his works." One will find a "sparse" biography and links to "information about additional American authors," but "multiple spelling errors" raise the "concern that a lack of
attention to such details may carry over to the facts in the narrative."
Overall Rating: 2Welcome to The Jungle
http://151.188.16.1/showcase/latour/choice98/per1/nctmh.htm
Don't let the title of this site fool you into thinking you will find any information on Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, as it contains
a "disappointing,…skeletal description" of the novel. But if you are researching the author's life, there is a "detailed and helpful chronology" along with a photo and a short biography. Unfortunately, the
color choices for text and background "make the site difficult to read."
Overall Rating: 2 |
