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17 Harsh Truths About The Older Boyfriend
Anna Breslaw
Dating Advice
September 24, 2013
Are you a high school freshman dating a college freshman? A 23-year-old dating her 50-year-old boss? Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend? Continue reading.
1. However cool it makes you is exactly how lame it makes him.
You might feel like Joan Jett when he picks you up in his Seville outside the high school in front of all your friends, but he is being mercilessly mocked by all of the women in his life for dating a 14-year-old.
2. Its not super-sweet and romantic of him when he buys you beer and/or gets you a fake.
If youre an inexperienced drinker who feels it after 2 bottles of Mikes Hard, that benefits
, not you.
3. Among the biggest reasons that he likes you is because youre young.
Yes, he might be into you because you like the same bands and you act mature for your age. (Has he ever told you that you have "an old soul?" Puke.) But mostly, its the fact that hes your first. Not necessarily just sexually, but myriad other ways, too: The first guy you watch
The Godfather
with, the guy who buys you a copy of Pink Floyds Dark Side of The Moon, the first one in the passengers seat as soon as you get your learners permit... Being the older, wiser man is a power trip for him. And thats all about
, not about you.
4. And if hes your
, the said power trip he is getting off on should be overt.
Unless its just a fun, sexy, baggage-free throw-you-over-your-desk situation where nobody gets hurt at the end.
5. Theres probably a reason no woman his age wants to date him.
Dont stick around long enough to find out why.
6. Defending your relationship will frequently ruin your friendships.
Youll end up alienating the friends who are dropping truth-bombs such as the one above. Next thing you know, hes your closest friend as well as your boyfriend which creates a co-dependent dynamic thats bad for any relationship.
8. Whether or not you tell your parents about him or not, its a lose-lose.
If not, the sneaking around, lies and secrets will strain your relationship. And if you tell them, youll deal with all-out fights.
9. This is probably a pattern for him.
No matter how special he insists you are, the chances are that hes been dating younger girls for years.
10. Yes, he might have sex with you and then bail.
I know hearing that is like sticking a fork in your chest and ripping your heart out. Its true, though.
11. Sleeping with him might be a bigger emotional deal for you than you think.
Maybe youre sure that you wont be dramatic about it, like other girls. But that shit tends to sneak up on you. And it doesnt mean youre weak or naïve it just means that you value yourself. Which is mature, by the way.
12. If hes married, hes not going to leave his wife for you.
Which is one of those things where, yeah, it
happen, it
happened, but asteroids also hit the Earth occasionally and we all still leave our houses without wearing full-body protective Plexiglass domes. Enough said.
13. He might be running from a bad relationship with a woman his age.
If he had a nasty breakup with (or for older men, a nasty divorce from) someone in his demographic, theres a good shot thats why hes with you someone who, ostensibly, cant hurt him. But he can hurt you. Its like a Chain of Pain up in here.
14. Its great how you guys are on the same emotional level, right! (Wrong.)
Hes in a different generation than you; he shouldnt be a decade behind emotionally. Thats like valuing a 30-year-old because he has the math aptitude of a middle schooler.
15. He gets along so well with your friends! Awesome! (Nope.)
See above.
16. Its probably not going to last.
Let me rephrase that: It probably
last, because as you get older, youll change (which is normal and great so dont fight it! Its the emotional version of going from breast buds to boobs!) and want different things.
17. If he ends it because youre too young, let him.
That means hes actually a decent guy. And maybe somewhere down the road, things will be different for both of you. But the only way for that to happen is to let it end when its supposed to.
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When I think back to all of my various homes across the years, my cozy childhood home, dingy dorm rooms, and teensy one bedroom apartments, a wide range of emotions are attached to each one. Though I loved the feeling of freedom in my first "home away from home" dorm room, it regularly smelled like rotten cheese, and the A.C. unit from the late '60's rarely allowed the temperature to dip below 80 degrees. I was much cozier when I entered graduate school five years later, and moved into my very own big girl apartment. It was just me, with real furnishings (actual framed artwork instead of N'sync posters), and nobody else to dirty the dishes. But even with this massive upgrade, something was still missing. Despite how many throw pillows and home accessories I purchased, it just never ever truly felt like the home I grew up in.
Looking back, the reason behind it is clear. At that time in my life, I didn't have a furry four-legged family member living with me. There was no wagging tail to greet me at the door, no warm furry body snuggling next to me on the sofa, and no one to truly make my house a home. In my childhood house, I was surrounded by Black Labs and kitties, and I knew that until I brought someone furry into my life, this place would merely be a roof over my head. Three years later, I was finally at home when I moved in with my husband, his rescue Daisy, and our newly-adopted eccentric dachshund named Gus. So, though I can't wait to share with you all of the different pretty ways to create your very own happy abode, keep in mind that home is truly where the "hound" is!


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This episode really straddled the line between sexy and attempted sexy moments. There must have been something in the Atlanta air...
No. 3 - French Kissin' in the U.S.A
What's the best way to shoot down those pesky divorce rumors? Pheadra and Apollo have your answer -- simply make out in public. But not just any make out will do; you need to commit wholeheartedly and whole-mouthedly. Because really the only way you could do that in public without feeling so incredibly awkward and like you can never look your partner in the eye again is to be secure in your relationship.
That kind of kiss is what you do with each other in private. A simple kiss would have been enough for us to look at. Phaedra has big lips and those lips was all over the place. I can see Apollo doing something like that because he still has the street mentality in him. But Phaedra tries to act like she is better than that, but I have always felt that there is a side of Phaedra that she doesn't show on camera.
So planting a big wet sloppy kiss on your significant other is street Mentality?
You obviously know nothing about the streets, most people who are in the streets would never do that in public its know as a sign of weakness as well as anyother type of affection. You wouldnt want your enemy knowing who it is you keep that close to heart. Yes Phaedra does have a wild side! Dont we all?
What you wont do for or with your significant other there is always someone else whos willing to do it. Im not saying just go out and get your freak on in public ( but if thats what makes you happy then do you) but keeping the excitement and the fire lit is a major factor in any relationship there is nothing wrong with going to the strip club with your mate. Everyone needs a walk on the wild side every now and then.
Am wondering why no one in the cast is blogging? And while this season has been playing again...I've noticed I don't miss Sheree at all!!! :)
CarlaB I would say the holidays have something to do with it, but I've been watching this cast for awhile. In seasons past they've been known to slack on blogging.
Bravo, did y'all have NeNe and Greg break up just so they could have their own Bravo Wedding?
can't wait 2 c all da new drama dis sunday it gonna b good lol
This episode was funny but here are some things I learned. Peter is an old "blurple" (as Kordell stated) freak who likes to get stuff started. Apollo is very handsome but seems to lack intelligence. Porsha can't get over the fact that Miss USA is not impressed by her and doesn't know how many rooms are in her house. Phaedra talks a good game but that kiss at the end proved Phaedra does lack real etiquette (as Cynthia said). Cynthia feels her marriage is going to outlast all the others (don't know why...she's still sprung since her and Peter renewed their vows) Nene is still very rich. Kenya apparently doesn't have great taste in men since she's sprung by Moesha's dad.
Cynthia a very beautiful women.Very classy! I truly love her and Nene.Everyone's get along so nice now just a joy to see everyone so happy now.
Will someone please tell me where I can find the Moscato Cynthia Bailey-Thomas was serving? It is called PT Sparkling Rose Moscato.
Men are visual creatures. Any woman that doesn't think her man is looking (whether it's at the grocery store, or the strip club) is delusional.
Cynthia-smart-girl for picking that strip club. If your husband is going to be watching naked women, you made sure they didn't look better than you do! lol
I have to give props to both Phaedra and Cynthia because if my husband was frequenting strip joints I would not be a happy wife nor would I suggest we go together. I don't know if something is missing or an attempt to spice up the marriage. Granted Ms. Phaedra is expecting her second child but it makes one wonder if there has been difficulty in the marriage. Although I think Peter can be kind and romantic I think the marriage has to be on his terms and if not watch out.
I must admit it seems like Kim was never part of the cast.
That kiss between Pheadra and Apollo was gross and over the top.
The Clermont Lounge is an ATL institution. I thought Cynthia and Peter looked like complete asshats coming in there and making fun of the dancers like that. Phaedra got it right - as always - by telling those strippers of a certain age that they are just "scrumptious!"
They were the polar opposite of scrumptious.
Those strip clubs were just a mess. Who wants someone's stanky booty shaking in their face unless you're not getting loving at home? Somebody better have some soap on hand.
I miss seeing Nene more in this episode. I like her and Greg together I'm glad these two got their sexy back. This episode was boring
why no blogs from them its been 2 weeks?
lorrreen I would guess the holidays.....maybe:/
Pheadra: I'm really not surprised by your seductive kiss, I remember the pictures with the pickle.
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Now everybody knows, all Little Southern Bell's are not as sweet has one would think.
To show your public southern affection to those you love, one must be a little bold and daring sometimes.
I guess that strip club had contagious lasting memories .....lol. my oh my
@cheekybab I think she is double minded, praying one minute and being nasty the next, what do they call that hypocritical!
No mention of Kenya? Goody. Adieu, persona non grata.
Now with all the fabulous strip clubs in HotLanta? Cynthia must didn't want her man looking at woman that look better than her....shame on you Cynthia...shame!!!
You have to admit it was a smart move on Peter's part to let her pick the club so she would not know where he hangs out! Too funny.
According to another poster. Cynthia picked an Atlanta institution. So don't blame he for the gross crap we were subject to.
MamaMia001 With all the infamous gentlemens club in Atlanta, I had to wonder did they go further down south or pass a few well known spots to reach this one.


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Creation & Re-Creation: Our 2013 Fall Conference at Reformation Bible College
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The Ligonier campus has been full of activity over the past few days. During Reformation Bible College's Fall Preview Weekend, prospective students took classes, met with faculty and current students, toured the campus, and experienced the annual highlight of RBC's Convocation. In addition, Christians travelled far and wide to enjoy the teaching and fellowship at our 2013 Fall Conference. This year's theme was "Creation & Re-Creation: Reflecting the Creator's Glory" and focused on the role of beauty in the Christian life. Keep Reading


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Places Discussed (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
*Chicago. Midwestern American city to which many immigrants, mostly eastern European, flocked in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to find work in the meat-packing industry. A major railroad terminus, Chicago had a brisk economy, but its wealth was unevenly distributed. The captains of industry exploited the workers, who worked under appalling conditions for paltry wages, swelling the owners' bank accounts.
*Lithuania. Small eastern European country on the Baltic Sea from which Jurgis Rudkus, the novel's protagonist, emigrates hoping to find a better life in the United States. Early chapters of the novel contain flashbacks to Jurgis's life in Lithuania that reflect the environment from which he has come.
Packingtown. Industrial area in Chicago where meat-packing houses are concentrated. Workers in Packingtown typically live nearby in run-down dwellings. Noxious smells from the meat-processing factories fill the air, and Packingtown's sewers often overflow, sending streams of polluted water into the streets. In one such overflow, Jurgis's young son drowns.
In 1904, Sinclair gained firsthand experience with such conditions after being sent by a socialist newspaper to investigate Chicago's stockyards and packinghouses. He spent seven weeks living among workers in the packinghouses, after which he wrote The...
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Historical Context
The Jungle was written specifically to draw attention to the working conditions faced by laborers in America, specifically the immigrants who came, mostly from Europe, and had no choice but to work long hours for whatever meager pay they could get. Throughout the end of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth, their situation became increasingly difficult. One reason was that a great number of unskilled laborers came to America at the time, so that employers could offer low wages for miserable jobs and always find someone willing to do the work. The United States population more than doubled, for instance, between 1850 and 1880, growing from 23 million to 50 million people; twenty years later, it was up by fifty percent more, to 76 million. Some of this was due to the country's expansion and acquisition of new western territories, but much of it was due to the fact that Europeans left hard conditions at home for the abundance of the new land. For example, the Irish potato famine of 1845-1847 caused millions of Irish people to leave their land in search of a new life. The first wave of immigrants came from western Europe. As word about America's strong economy spread deeper into the continent and travel became easier (by locomotives across land and steamships across oceans), people came from more distant countries, including Lithuania, where the Rudkus family of the novel came from. As the number of unskilled workers grew, urban...
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The Jungle takes place in the meatpacking plants, stockyards, and settlement houses of Chicago during the opening years of the twentieth century. As much a work of journalism as of fiction, the novel grew out of Sinclair's firsthand observations of life in the "Yards" and his interviews with workers, foremen, and politicians. Although Sinclair wanted his novel to focus on the merits of socialism, its impact stemmed from its raw depiction of the inhumane working conditions at the packing plants and the health hazards posed by filth in the slaughterhouses. The novel's naturalistic setting thus proved far more important to its success than did its political content.
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Literary Style
Most of this book is told from Jurgis Rudkus' point of view, giving readers information that Jurgis would have experienced or heard about and providing access to his feelings and opinions. The book's first chapter provides the most obvious exception to its overall narrative structure. Chapter 1 has an omniscient narrator who is not identified with any particular character, shifting attention from one wedding participant to the next, like a movie camera panning a crowd scene. A reader who was only familiar with the first chapter would not be able to tell that this is a book about Jurgis: the characters who receive the most attention in that part of the book are Ona's cousin Marija Berczynskas and the fiddler Tamoszius Kuszleika, who in fact only receives passing mention throughout the rest of the tale. Once the narration settles on Jurgis, from Chapter 2 on, its hold is loose, slipping every so often into the point of view of another character. For example, in the course of describing the work situations of other characters, such as Ona or Elzbieta, the narration will say what these characters thought, which is actually a violation of the pattern established in the rest of the book, which only gives access to Jurgis' mind.
The Jungle was written the way that was most common in the nineteenth century, the way that Charles Dickens and Mark Twain produced novels: as a continuing serial for a newspaper, with new...
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Literary Techniques
Sinclair saw The Jungle as a narrative setting forth the effects of "a system which exploits the labor of men and women for profits." He wished to avoid journalistic exposition: "What Socialism there will be in this book, will, of course, be imminent; it will be revealed by incidents — there will be no sermons." For most of the novel, Sinclair is true to his planned technique. The narrative follows the adventures of the protagonist in a naturalistic environment where only the ruthless survive. Vivid description of outrageous industrial practices insured audiences' reception of the story as actual fact and produced at least some of the social reform hoped for by the author. The novel begins with the vesilija, a Lithuanian wedding feast, an expression of individual hope and confidence in a society directed by traditional values. Jurgis, the central character, is then bombarded by episode after episode, each constructed to demonstrate that hope is vain in a society dedicated to the values of capitalism. Having made that point, Sinclair was then faced with the problem of introducing socialism as the best alternative. Jurgis is brought full circle to another kind of hope in his political conversion, but seeming to rush to the end, Sinclair changes his technique and pours in his measure of socialism in the form of lectures and discussions for which Jurgis, like the reader, serves little more purpose than to sit as an audience. Sinclair himself was not completely...
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Literary Qualities
Sinclair's expose of Chicago's meatpacking industry produced an immediate decrease in American meat consumption and soon led to the passage of stricter laws regulating the food industry. As an agent of reform, The Jungle fit squarely into the tradition of muckraking journalism, an outgrowth of the progressive movement that dominated American cultural and political spheres in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. An adjunct to the "trust-busting" fervor that drove political activists to fight for legal restraints against corporate monopolies, muckraking strove to expose in print—and thus, eventually, eradicate— social and political injustice.
Critics analyzing The Jungle's literary merits often remark on the book's naturalistic elements, drawing comparisons to other novels that depict humanity as controlled or victimized by social factors. To the extent that The Jungle shows pessimistic determinism, its precedent can be seen in the work of the French naturalistic writer Emile Zola. If examined primarily for its journalistic and inflammatory elements, The Jungle recalls the writing of Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense and other pieces of Revolutionary War-era propaganda. Jack London, himself a naturalistic writer, called The Jungle the Uncle Tom's Cabin of wage slavery, and Sinclair acknowledged a debt to Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel. If precedents ranging from Zola to Paine to Stowe seem...
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Social Concerns
Upton Sinclair's overwhelming concern was the betterment of society; art was little more than a sometimes useful tool in the work of improving conditions among the working classes. The Jungle was first conceived as an analogy between the wage slavery imposed on workers and the slavery earlier imposed on blacks. The stockyards of Chicago were selected as an ideal example of the brutality that capitalism allows the privileged to inflict on the poor. Sinclair painstakingly researched all his works; for The Jungle, he spent two months in and around Chicago's packing houses. Disguised as a worker, he observed the squalor, filth, and despair that the greedy few spawn as the natural byproduct of an economic system designed to promote personal gain. Returning to his home in New Jersey, Sinclair novelized his data in less than six months. At first rejected by major publishing houses for fear of libel, Doubleday and Company determined by its own investigations that the book contained nothing libelous — it was all quite true — and published The Jungle in 1906 as "a searching expose."
The filth in the industry that feeds the nation was the thrust of Double-day's marketing and, to be sure, the object of the readers' horror; but more than this, Sinclair's concerns included the exploitation of workers, the dangers of unsafe machinery, the abuses of child labor, and the degrading effects of slum existence. Of course, The Jungle did not...
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Compare and Contrast
1906: The Pure Food and Drug bill introduced, in part, as a result of revelations made in The Jungle, was opposed by conservative politicians. Republican Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, 64, asked, "Is there anything in the existing condition that makes it the duty of Congress to put the liberty of the United States in jeopardy? ….. Are we going to take up the question as to what a man shall eat and what a man shall drink, and put him under severe penalties if he is eating or drinking something different from what the chemists of the Agricultural Department think desirable?"
Today: The debate still continues about whether government safety standards are an infringement of manufacturers' freedom.
1906: The worst earthquake to hit an American city shook San Francisco, registering 8.3 on the Richter scale. The resulting fire lasted three days. In the end, 2,500 died, 250,000 were left homeless, and damages were estimated at over $400 million.
1989: An earthquake crippled San Francisco, measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale (which means that its impact was one-tenth of the 1906 quake). The quake killed 90 people and caused $6 billion in property damage, mostly due to the collapse of the double-deck Nimitz Highway and the buckling of the Bay Bridge.
Today: A growing number of scientists are convinced that a major tremor, greater than any on record, is due to shake California's San Andreas...
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Topics for Discussion
1. What elements in the plot have caused critics to accuse The Jungle of being too melodramatic to be classified as good literature?
2. "Muckraking" is a term applied to investigative journalism intent on effecting social change, often to the point of abandoning any pretext at objective reporting. Why have some critics called The Jungle a muckraking novel?
3. Does Sinclair consider Jurgis moral or immoral? In Sinclair's view is it sinful to become a thief or prostitute?
4. Most "naturalistic" fiction ends on a pessimistic note and suggests that man has little control over his environment. Is there any reason to think that Jurgis's life will improve?
5. Do any of the characters in The Jungle seem to be unique individuals, or are they all simply two-dimensional figures whose experiences serve only to convey Sinclair's political message?
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Ideas for Reports and Papers
1. Research the Socialist movement in America at the turn of the twentieth century.
2. Along with French and Russian writers, Sinclair helped establish the tradition of naturalism. Research the characteristics of the "naturalistic novel" and analyze how The Jungle fits into the movement.
3. Read Stephen Crane's Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) and compare it to The Jungle.
4. The meat-packing industry remains controversial today. Research some of the practices that people find unacceptable.
5. Research the Pure Food and Drugs Act passed by Congress in 1906 and explain why it was necessary.
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Topics for Further Study
Many of the incidents included in The Jungle are based on actual events. Research the 1904 beef strike in Chicago and other cities, the International Harvester Trust created in 1902, the settlement house movement, or the Socialist movement in the early years of the twentieth century, and report on the background of Sinclair's fictionalized events.
What steps are taken by the government to assure that meat sold today is sanitary and safe to eat? Examine the inspection process and explain it visually with a chart that shows the steps of the process.
Music often helps people to understand the mood of a different time or culture. Find some songs that would have been popular in Chicago in 1905, and explain how their lyrics and melodies reflect the way of life described in The Jungle.
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Literary Precedents
Critics commonly remark on The Jungle's naturalistic elements and so have drawn comparisons to the great novels that have depicted humanity as a species like all others directed by uncontrollable biological or social factors. To the extent that The Jungle shows pessimistic determinism, its precedent can be seen in Iimile Zola. The Jungle is polemical; so sometimes was Leo Tolstoy. If The Jungle is seen as journalistic and propagandistic, the search for precedents can look as far back as Thomas Paine. Before the book was written, Sinclair remarked, "The novel will not have any superficial resemblance to Uncle Tom's Cabin [1852]. Fundamentally it will be identical with it — or try to be." Indeed, Jack London, himself a naturalistic writer and Sinclair's friend, called The Jungle the Uncle Tom's Cabin of wage slavery. Precedents ranging from Paine to Tolstoy seem like a mixed list, and The Jungle itself is a mixed bag, employing narration and exposition in the tempering of naturalistic pessimism with socialistic optimism.
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The Jungle was Sinclair's first success and remains his most powerful and popular book; the remainder of his work is now virtually unread. While critics agree that much of Sinclair's writing is notable primarily for its uneven quality, one of the author's novels deserves mention both for its literary merits and its thematic similarities to The Jungle. In 1914 the National Guard was called to Ludlow, Colorado, to break a strike by United Mine Workers. The Guard fired into a tent camp, killing several women and children. Sinclair visited Colorado and found the plight of the miners as moving as the Chicago wage slavery that inspired his earlier masterpiece. Three years after the Ludlow massacre, he published King Coal, the story of a wealthy young student, Hal Warner, who poses as a miner to investigate working conditions in the Colorado mines. Warner becomes a union advocate and plays a leading role in organizing the workers before returning to college with a new purpose in his life: "To fight for the working people." Warner's experiences present a panorama of an industry as corrupt, oppressive, and dangerous as any Sinclair took arms against, and the author had high hopes for the novel's success. Its reception, however, was disappointing.
Only two of Sinclair's works have been adapted for film. The Gnomobile: A Grace Gnew Gnarrative with Gnonsense but Gnothing Gnaughty (1936), a children's story that reveals a surprising...
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Media Adaptations
An audio recording of The Jungle was made by Blackstone Audio Books in 1994, read by Robert Morris.
An unabridged recording of The Jungle, narrated by George Guidall, was released by Recorded Books, Inc. in 1998.
Audio Book Contractors released an audio version entitled Upton Sinclair's The Jungle in 1998.
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What Do I Read Next?
In 1962, a few years before his death, Sinclair published his view of his long life and many accomplishments in The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair (Harcourt, Brace). While The Jungle and the social changes that resulted from it are clearly the most notable accomplishments in his life, his life was filled with other publications and deeds that make it notable, including the founding of the American Civil Liberties Union and breaking the Rockefeller oil trust with his novel Oil!.
Leon Harris' biography Upton Sinclair: American Rebel, published in 1975 by Thomas Y. Crowell Company, is a thorough picture of the author's life. It paints a generally positive picture of the author's life, a picture that his critics might find a little too rosy.
Theodore Dreiser's book Sister Carrie was published a few years earlier than The Jungle, in 1900. It shocked readers of the day with its grim realism and frank sexuality, presenting what might be the best example of the realistic style that Sinclair used to make his social message powerful. Dreiser's later and more famous book, An American Tragedy (1925), about a famous murder in Chicago, also reflects Sinclair's style and social concerns.
James R. Barrett's book Work and Community in The Jungle: Chicago's Packinghouse Workers, 1894-1922 is an explanation of the social situation that Sinclair wrote about. Published in 1987, this book makes an...
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For Further Reference
Bloodworth, William A. Upton Sinclair. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1977. A biographical and critical study.
Brooks, Van Wyck. Emerson and Others. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1927. Includes a critique of Sinclair's rhetoric.
Filler, Louis. The Muckrakers: Crusaders for American Liberalism. Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1968. A general study with attention to Sinclair.
Gottesman, Ronald. Upton Sinclair: An Annotated Checklist. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 1973. The most complete bibliography of works by and about Sinclair.
Harris, Leon. Upton Sinclair: American Rebel New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1975. A thorough biographical study.
Yoder, Jon. Upton Sinclair. New York: Ungar, 1975. A brief but helpful survey of Sinclair's work.
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Van Wyck Brooks, "Upton Sinclair and His Novels," Sketches in Criticism, Dutton, 1932, pp. 291-98.
Bernard Dekle, "Upton Sinclair: The Power of a Courageous Pen," Profiles of American Authors, Tuttle, 1969, pp. 70-74.
Melvyn Dubofsky, 'Big Bill' Haywood, St. Martin's Press, 1987.
James R. Green, The World of the Worker: Labor in Twentieth-Century America, Hill and Wang, 1980.
Granville Hicks, "The Survival of Upton Sinclair," College English, Vol. 4, no. 4, January, 1943, pp. 213-220.
Daniel Nelson, Shifting Fortunes: The Rise and Decline of American Labor, from 1920 to the Present, Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 1997.
Walter B. Rideout, The Radical Novel in the United States, 1900-1954: Some Interrelations of Literature and Society, Harvard University Press, 1956.
Upton Sinclair, The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair, Harcourt Brace World, 1962.
Jon A. Yoder, Upton Sinclair, Frederick Ungar, 1975.
For Further Reading:
William A. Bloodworth Jr., Upton Sinclair, Twayne, 1977. A brief, comprehensive, scholarly look at the author's career and how his political activities intertwined with his social goals.
Floyd Dell, Upton Sinclair: A Study in Social Protest, Doran, 1927.
Dell was a prominent writer and social activist in Sinclair's time, and his critical study...
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Bibliography (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, Revised Third Edition)
Bloodworth, William A., Jr. Upton Sinclair. Boston: Twayne, 1977. Portrays Sinclair as a literary rebel who weds art and ideology and sacrifices the last four chapters of The Jungle in his attempt to introduce hope into an otherwise dismal world. Analyzes the novel as a contemporary tragedy, paying attention to the conservative biases inherent in the message.
Harris, Leon. Upton Sinclair: American Rebel. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1975. Depicts Sinclair as the most influential (but not the best) writer in the United States because he changed the way Americans viewed themselves, their rights, and their expectations. Bibliography.
Mookerjee, R. N. Art for Social Justice: The Major Novels of Upton Sinclair. Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, 1988. Argues that Sinclair's novels must be assessed as an extension of his social activism and desire to communicate with the masses. Examines Sinclair's use of a documentary style and defends Sinclair's characterization, noting that in addition to Jurgis, Sinclair manages to give heroic status to both Marija and Elzbieta.
Rideout, Walter B. The Radical Novel in the United States: 1900-1954. New York: Hill & Wang, 1956. After distinguishing between radical fiction and social protest fiction, examines the two major strains of the radical novel....
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Diana Kohnle DefinitionThis is surgery of the abdominal wall and intestines. An opening is made into the intestines to drain the contents out or put in a feeding tube.
Reasons for ProcedureThis surgery is done when a new exit for intestinal or fecal matter is needed. It may be needed when feces can no longer travel through the bowels and out the anus. An enterostomy may also be needed when food can no longer enter the mouth or stomach normally. In this case, a feeding tube will be placed to help food enter the intestines. Possible Complications TOPComplications are rare, but no procedure is completely free of risk. If you are planning to have enterostomy, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:
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AnesthesiaGeneral anesthesia will be used. It will block any pain and keep you asleep through the surgery. It is given through an IV in your hand or arm. Description of the ProcedureThere are different ways this surgery can be done. In one technique, an intestinal sac for collecting fecal waste is created inside of the abdomen. This sac will include a hole called a stoma in the abdominal wall. The stoma allows access to the sac so that it can be emptied through a tube. In another technique, the intestine is directly attached to the abdominal wall so that an external bag can be attached to collect fecal waste. If the surgery is done to place a feeding tube, an incision will be made in your abdominal wall. The doctor will grasp a section of your small intestine. A small opening will be made. The tube will be placed through this opening and secured in place with sutures. The tube will then be brought through your abdominal wall. It will be secured with sutures. These procedures may be done by an:
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At HomeWhen you return home, do the following to help ensure a smooth recovery:
Call Your Doctor TOPAfter you leave the hospital, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:
In case of an emergency, call for medical help right away. RESOURCES:American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov CANADIAN RESOURCES:Canadian Association of Gastroenterology http://www.cag-acg.org Canadian Digestive Health Foundation http://www.cdhf.ca References:
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Location: Google Books Date: 1909
It began as simply a labor rally for striking workers. But, when a bomb was thrown and seven Chicago police officers and numerous citizens were killed, it became known as the Haymarket Riot. Eight men considered to be anarchists were put on trial; four were executed and one committed suicide. But, the question of who threw the bomb has been left unanswered until this day.
One man, however, is at the top of the suspect list: Rudolph Schnaubelt (1863-1901). Schnaubelt was identified as the thrower and indited but fled the country before his guilt or innocence could be determined. Through the years, the basis for Schnaubelt's guilt has been based primarily on a fictionalized account of the incident written from his point of view. That book is "The Bomb" by Frank Harris.
A minute afterwards, as it seems to me now, we had reached our goal; we were in Desplaines Street, between Lake Street and Randolph Street. Desplaines Street is a mean thoroughfare on the west side, three or four hundred yards from the river, and fully half a mile from the edge of the business centre downtown. The Haymarket, as the place was afterwards called, is nearly a hundred yards away. As we came up from the south we passed the Desplaines Street police station, presided over by Inspector Bonfield; there was already a crowd of police at the door.
"They mean business," said Lingg, "tonight, and so do we."
When we got to the outskirts of the meeting we saw the mayor of the city, with one or two officials; the mayor was an elderly man called Carter Harrison. He had been, asked to prohibit the meeting, but was unwilling to interfere with what might be a lawful assembly; he attended in person to prevent any incitement to rioting.
The speakers' stand was a mere truck-wagon, placed where a blind alley intersected the street, in the centre of the block. We were at the rear of the building occupied by the Crane Brothers' great elevator factory. I should think two or three thousand people were already gathered together.
Spies had finished speaking as we came up. He was followed by Parsons, who rose to the height of the argument if ever a man did. He began by asking the crowd to be quite orderly; he assured them that if they kept order, and simply gave expression to their grievances, the American people would hear them with sympathy, and would see that they had fair play. He really believed this claptrap. He went on to say that their grievances were terrible; unarmed men, women, and children had been shot down. Why were they shot? he asked, and then began his reform speech.
The mayor listened to everything, and evidently saw nothing in the utterances to object to. "Parsons's speech," he said afterwards, "was a good political speech." After Parsons had made an end, the Englishman, Samuel Fielden, with his bushy beard, stood up and began to prose. Some rain-drops fell, a lull came in the rising wind; darkness began to overshadow us. Evidently the storm was at hand.
The crowd began to drift away at the edges. I was alone and curiously watchful. I saw the mayor and the officials move off towards the business part of the town. It looked for a few minutes as if everything was going to pass over in peace; but I was not relieved. I could hear my own heart beating, and suddenly I felt something in the air; it was sentient with expectancy. I slowly turned my head. I was on the very outskirts of the crowd, and as I turned I saw that Bonfield had marched out his police, and was minded to take his own way with the meeting now the mayor had left. I felt personal antagonism stiffen my muscles. It grew darker and darker every moment. Suddenly there came a flash, and then a peal of thunder. At the end of the flash, as it seemed to me, I saw the white clubs falling, saw the police striking down the men running along the side-walk. At once my mind was made up. I put my left hand on the outside of my trousers to hold the bomb tight, and my right hand into the pocket, and drew the tape. I heard a little rasp. I began to count slowly, "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven"; as I got to seven the police were quite close to me, bludgeoning every one furiously. Two or three of the foremost had drawn their revolvers. The crowd were flying in all directions. Suddenly there was a shot, and then a dozen shots, all, it seemed to me, fired by the police. Rage blazed in me.
I took the bomb out of my pocket, careless whether I was seen or not, and looked for the right place to throw it; then I hurled it over my shoulder high in the air, towards the middle of the police, and at the same moment I stumbled forward, just as if I had fallen, throwing myself on my hands and face, for I had seen the spark. It seemed as if I had been on my hands for an eternity, when I was crushed to the ground, and my ears split with the roar. I scrambled to my feet again, gasping. Men were thrown down in front of me, and were getting up on their hands. I heard groans and cries, and shrieks behind me. I turned round; as I turned a strong arm was thrust through mine, and I heard Lingg say—
"Come, Rudolph, this way"; and he drew me to the side-walk, and we walked past where the police had been.
"Don't look," he whispered suddenly; "don't look."
But before he spoke I had looked, and what I saw will be before my eyes till I die. The street was one shambles; in the very centre of it a great pit yawned, and round it men lying, or pieces of men, in every direction, and close to me, near the side-walk as I passed, a leg and foot torn off, and near by two huge pieces of bleeding red meat, skewered together with a thigh-bone. My soul sickened; my senses left me; but Lingg held me up with superhuman strength, and drew me along. "Hold yourself up, Rudolph," he whispered; "come on, man," and the next moment we had passed it all, and I clung to him, trembling like a leaf. When we got to the end of the block I realized that I was wet through from head to foot, as if I had been plunged in cold water.


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Tinnitus (TIN-ih-tus) is noise or ringing in the ears. A common problem, tinnitus affects about 1 in 5 people. Tinnitus isn't a condition itself — it's a symptom of an underlying condition, such as age-related hearing loss, ear injury or a circulatory system disorder.
Although bothersome, tinnitus usually isn't a sign of something serious. Although it can worsen with age, for many people, tinnitus can improve with treatment. Treating an identified underlying cause sometimes helps. Other treatments reduce or mask the noise, making tinnitus less noticeable.
- About tinnitus. American Tinnitus Association. http://www.ata.org/for-patients/about-tinnitus. Accessed Oct. 31, 2012.
- Dinces EA. Diagnosis and etiology of tinnitus. www.uptodate.com/index. Accessed Oct. 31, 2012.
- Tinnitus fact sheet. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/staticresources/health/hearing/TinnitusFS.pdf. Accessed Nov. 1, 2012.
- Ruppert SD, et al. Tinnitus evaluation in primary care. The Nurse Practitioner. 2012;37:21.
- Tinnitus. American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. http://www.entnet.org/HealthInformation/tinnitus.cfm. Accessed Nov. 1, 2012.
- Bope ET, et al. Conn's Current Therapy. Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders Elsevier; 2012. http://www.mdconsult.com/books/about.do?eid=4-u1.0-B978-1-4377-0986-5..C2009-0-38984-9--TOP&isbn=978-1-4377-0986-5&about=true&uniqId=236797353-5. Accessed Nov. 1, 2012.
- Treatment information. American Tinnitus Association. http://www.ata.org/for-patients/treatment. Accessed Nov. 1, 2012.
- Management tips. American Tinnitus Association. http://www.ata.org/for-patients/tips. Accessed Nov. 1, 2012.
- Dinces EA. Treatment of tinnitus. www.uptodate.com/index. Accessed Oct. 31, 2012.
- Beatty CW (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Nov. 15, 2012.
- Langguth B, et al. Neuroimaging and neuromodulation: Complementary approaches for identifying the neuronal correlates of tinnitus. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 2012;6:1.