The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair and Cinderella Man a movie directed by Ron Howard has more in common than most people would think. The Jungle is a book about how the meat industry is run and how workers are treated. Cinderella Man is a movie about James Braddock who tries to box to help his family to live an easier life. The main characters have all most have the same ups and downs but at the same time have different ones too. James Braddock and Jurgis Rudkus have many differences at the same time having similarities in physical appearance, emotion, and relationships though out their lives. They were from two different times but physical they went though some of the same pain. They both were strong and had mighty shoulders that helped them get jobs easier than most men. Jurgis was Lithuanian and James was Irish but was born in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City; they may be born in different places but they both are around the same age (Sinclair, Pg. …show more content…
Jurgis has Ona Lukoszaite who is his wife (Sinclair, Pg. 27) as like James who has Mae Braddock that he had two kids with working on a third. After a while in Chicago Ona and Jurgis have a baby boy named Antanas Rudkus who they love (Sinclair, Pg. 110) mean while James has a little girl named Rosie who he gives his food to so she is not hungry. As time goes on for Jurgis he starts to lose his family first Ona and his second baby then Antanas drowns and that is his braking point so he ran (Sinclair Pg. 188, 209, 236, 247, & 255). On the other hand James kind of loses his family but he gains them back by begging for money; he then gets a match against Joe Louis. After he won against Joe Louis he gets to go against Max Baer winning and bought a new house with his winnings for his family. Jurgis and James loved their family but had to lose them for a while before things started to get better; they know that with ups and downs their family will always be