The Jungle is a complex book; there are many different literary aspects used to help the book progress. The ones that have the greatest impact on the book are dialect, atmosphere, theme, and foreshadowing. These literary devices are used several times in the book to help the reader better understand the story and the characters and what they are going through. Dialect is used several times in the book. Dialect is the way characters speak relative to each other. Jurgis and his family barely speak English, so when they do it's mostly broken English in very short sentences. Their inability to speak English hurts them many times in the book and is a recurring problem for them. An example of this is when, however, they can barely speak English, let alone read it, so they have to get someone to read the deed to make sure everything is correct and that they are not being scammed. However, since they had not read it, they did not know exactly what the document said. On page 54 they find out that they have additional costs: "This means... you will have to pay them seven dollars next month, on top of the twelve dollars." (Page 54 the jungle.) Seven dollars doesn't seem like much now, but back then it was a nice sum, especially on top of the twelve dollars they already had to pay. If they could read English, they would have known it from the start and would have had more time to plan for that seven dollar expense instead of having to throw it all over themselves. Their lack of English proficiency also makes it very difficult for them to communicate with anyone in general. When they look for work, they can't even fully express their will. It's something you hear about all the time, how people want to come to America for a better start, a new beginning, a chance to get rich and make it. big. However, this book proves that it is not as ideal as everyone thinks it is. The evils of big business and the widespread corruption are also one of the main themes of this book. On numerous occasions, light was shed on what the packaging companies were doing and how it was hurting everyone, not just the workers. They would pay government inspectors so they could sell meat full of cholera and e.g. coli, they would use even the most undesirable and disgusting bits of cows and pigs, can them and pass them off as food. There's a quote from the book that I think is a perfect explanation of this from page 119: "They were swindlers and thieves of money and pennies, and they had been trapped and cast aside by the swindlers and thieves of millions." dollars." They would work their employees almost to death so they could get the highest return possible, for the least amount of money possible. This theme runs throughout the book, it's really the driving factor behind everything