#oil upton sinclair

[elisundayapologist]

I see a parallel between book and play Eli’s blessing of the well “if in God’s wisdom it should happen that this well should bring forth treasure, may it be used in the service of the Most Highest, and may His Blessings rest upon all they that own or labor for it” and Daniel’s blessing of the well “You see one man doesn't prospect from the ground, it takes a whole community of good people such as yourselves” “We pray together, work together and if the good Lord smiles kindly on our endeavour we share the wealth together.”

Also please note that Eli canonically blushes when he is flattered.

[kaibasupremacy]

Yesterday I made this post (https://www.tumblr.com/kaibasupremacy/758723210571317248/all-the-eli-bits-in-oil-by-upton-sinclair), and today I finally obtained the 1929 Oil! play, so I am posting all the Eli bits from the play too (the other post is all the Eli bits from the novel)

It has four acts.

These are from the first act:

1/2

(The rest is in the reblogs)

[saltavenegar]

Hi there will be blood gang, I read Oil! Over the summer and had lots of thoughts if anyone ever wants to hear them.

Comic abt Paul Sunday/Watkins’ death, and his & Eli’s strained relationship

[elisundayapologist]

He is very dear to me…

nothing more embarrassing than holding a blonde man dear in your thoughts. you were supposed to be the enemy.

[quantumleper]

There Will Be Blood [2007] | Directed by P.T. Anderson

[thoughtportal]

James Arnold Ross Jr., nicknamed “Bunny,” is the son of a self-made oil millionaire. As he comes of age, Bunny’s sympathies for oilfield workers and socialists often clash with his father and his father’s business partners, forcing him to confront the ethical implications of his family’s wealth and power.

As Bunny witnesses the devastating consequences of his father’s unethical business practices, including accidents and a worker strike, he finds himself torn between loyalty to his family and his burgeoning friendship with an oilfield worker, Paul Watkins. Paul, influenced by his experiences in post-World War I Siberia, becomes a fervent advocate for labor rights and embraces communism. The novel explores the complex dynamics of family, loyalty, and the pursuit of justice in a society driven by oil and power.

Sinclair’s narrative satirically critiques the flaws and weaknesses of all the characters, shedding light on the human condition in the face of greed and inequality. The book offers a profound examination of societal issues, delving into themes of corruption, greed, and the struggle for workers’ rights.

Oil! inspired the 2007 film There Will Be Blood. The novel’s enduring relevance lies in its exploration of the interplay between wealth and morality and its scathing commentary on the oil industry. Read free

[suliforme]

book thoughts

[v4mpb0t]

Who Uptoning they Sinclair?

Anyways…. I love Oil! and I’m finished reading it after a LONG hiatus and it’s my favorite ever…. Especially the Watkins family oh how I heart those freaks.

[caito-does-stuff]

i had to watch "there will be blood" for my philosophy class and let me tell you i was shook to my core in the final act

[schlock-luster-video]

On March 27, 2008, There Will Be Blood debuted in Czechia.

[i-just-want-to-destroy]

OIL! by Upton Sinclair

[elisundayapologist]

Fun Eli facts: He has seen one (1) movie

[kaibasupremacy]

All the Eli bits in Oil! by Upton Sinclair

So lately I’ve been obsessing over There Will Be Blood (2007) and the novel it’s loosely based on. I think Oil! is a great book and I encourage you to read it in full, but I made a pdf with all the bits in which Eli Watkins appears or is mentioned if you want to incorporate book characterization to your depictions of Eli Sunday or if you are just curious.

He is my favorite character in the novel and I wish more ppl knew of him.

If I missed any line please tell me

[curiosa-hypnotica]

Paul Dano as Eli Sunday, a fascinatingly evil character.

PAUL DANO There Will Be Blood (2007) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

[girinma]

"It was a world in which some people worked all the time, and other played al the time. To work all the time was a bore, and no one would do it unless he had to; but to play all the time was equally a bore, and the people who did it never had anything to talk about that Bunny wanted to listen to. They talked about their play, just as solemnly as if it had been work: tennis tournaments, golf tournaments, polo matches--all sorts of complicated ways of hitting a little ball about a field! Now, it was all right, when you needed exercise and recreation, to go out and hit a little ball; but to make a life-work of it, to give all your time and thought to it, to practice it religiously, read and write books about it, discuss it for hours on end--Bunny looked at these fully grown men and women, with their elaborate outfits of 'sports clothes,' and it seemed to him they must be exercising a kind of hypnosis upon themselves, to make themselves believe that they were really enjoying their lives."

Upton Sinclair, Oil!

[dailyanarchistposts]

To

THE EDITOR MODERN REVIEW

You have in the December (1929) issue of your esteemed magazine, written a note under the caption “Long Live Revolution” and have pointed out the meaninglessness of this phrase. It would be impertinent on our part to try to refute or contradict the statement of such an old, experienced and renowned journalist as your noble self, for whom every enlightened Indian has profound admiration. Still we feel it our duty to explain what we desire to convey by the said phrase, as in a way it fell to our lot to give these “cries” a publicity in this country at this stage.

We are not the originators of this cry. The same cry had been used in Russain revolutionary movement. Upton Sinclair, the well known socialist writer, has, in his recent novels Boston and Oil, used this cry through some of the anarchist revolutionary characters. The phrase never means that the sanguinary strife should ever continue, or that nothing should ever be stationary even for a short while. By long usage this cry achieves a significicance which may not be quite justifiable from the grammatical or the etymological point of view, but nevertheless we cannot abstract from that the association of ideas connected with that. All such shouts denote a general sense which is partly acquired and partly inherent in them. For instance, when we shout “Long Live Jatin Das”, we cannot and do not mean thereby that Das should Physically be alive. What we mean by that shout is that the noble ideal of his life, the indomitable spirit which enabled that great martyr to bear such untold suffering and to make the extreme sacrifice for that we may show the same unfailing courage in persuance of our ideal. It is that spirit that we allude to.

Simiarly, one should not interpret the word “Revolution” in its literal sense. Various meanings and significances are attributed to this word, according to the interests of those who use or misuse it. For the established agencies of exploitation it conjures up a feeling of blood stained horror. To the revolutionaries it is a sacred phrase. We tried to clear in our statement before the Session Judge, Delhi, in our trial in the Assembly Bomb Case, what we mean by the word “Revolution”

We stated therein that Revolution did not necessarily involve sanguinary strife. It was not a cult of bomb and pistol. They may sometimes be mere means for its achievement. No doubt they play a prominent part in some movements, but they do not — for that very reason -become one and the same thing. A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

The sense in which the word Revolution is used in that phrase, is the spirit, the longing for a change for the better. The people generally get accustomed to the established order of things and begin to tremble at the very idea of a change. It is this lethargical spirit that needs be replaced by the revolutionary spirit. Otherwise degeneration gains the upper hand and the whole humanity is led stray by the reactionary forces. Such a state of affiars leads to stagnation and paralysis in human progress. The spirit of Revolution should always permeate the soul of humanity, so that the reactionary forces may not accumulate (strength) to check its eternal onward march. Old order should change, always and ever, yielding place to new, so that one “good” order may not corrupt the world. It is in this sense that we raise the shout “Long Live Revolution”

Yours sincerely

(Sd/-.)

Bhagat Singh

B. K. Dutt