In The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, our main characters Jurgis and Ona are immigrants from Lithuania arriving in Chicago for work in the meatpacking industry. They are a recently married couple and just beginning to navigate life in America alone and with other residents of the tenements. Jurgis is pretty much a freak of nature and tall, Sinclair describes him as a young giant with thick black hair and eyebrows possessing  the strength of multiple men (Sinclair, Chapter 2). On the other hand, Ona is presented as this young blue-eyed and very gentle and adorably small in built (Sinclair, Chapter 1). They can be thought of as polar opposites when it comes to physical appearance, however maybe not so much other aspects like personality. Jurgis seems to rely so much on his physical strength and ignores other areas of himself like intelligence. Sinclair sometimes portrays him as an idiot who is just happy to have found a job and content with it not looking to move up. Iona is like a cinderella who is provided for and protected by her prince, while she stays home and is beautiful. Jurgis reminds me of The Rock in his role in the “Central Intelligence” movie with Kevin Hart. The Rock plays this CIA agent who is being accused of murdering his partner and planning to sell satellite codes to foreign countries. He is very good at his job but needs someone who is good with numbers and has exclusive access to financial accounts of certain governments. Kevin Hart, who is his high school mate, is able to help him get that information but is troubled between the CIA’s side of the story and his friend’s version of it. They end up collaborating and revealing the perpetrators. The Rock did all the chasing, the fighting, and shooting at times even crying because behind that impressive physique of his there is a soft heart. Kevin Hart did the tech work and intruded into some systems.  

The Rock & Kevin Hart in Central Intelligence

Cinderella sitting pretty while trying the shoes