The jungle.
Description For this assignment, you should write a 6–7 page paper (double-spaced). Your essay should make sustained reference to at least one of the following works: The Jungle Sorry to Bother You North and South Hard Times If your paper focuses on one work in particular, you should make reference to at least one other work from the list. In addition, your paper should make reference to at least two pieces of secondary scholarly/critical/background reading. These may be drawn from the Norton editions, introductions, library books, scholarly articles, or intelligent critical commentary or other valuable material found online. At least one of the works you reference must be by a recognized scholar. Your essay should address one or more of the following topics, or a combination. In any case, you should have a clear set of questions you are posing and a developing argument that includes readings of texts: • The relationship of the workplace to society more widely • The use of narrative perspective to comment upon the experience of characters and/or to connect characters with each other • The evaluation of strikes, labor organizing, or industrial unrest • The depiction of working people, as a mass or collective body • Comparisons and equivalences between humans and animals Only use the Jungle The evaluation of strikes, labor organizing, or industrial unrest The depiction of working people, as a mass or collective body