In my opinion you should do what you love. It is very unlikely to have a successfully career in art, and engineering is definitely a safer choice. But life is about taking risks, and you want to do what makes you happy with the time you have
The answer is his friendship with Claude Monet.
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The social problem that The Jungle by Upton Sinclair described was B.) THE LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS IN CHICAGO'S STOCKYARD.
Not only in the stockyard but also in the meat packing factories.
The story is about how a family intent on pursuing their American Dream was not able to do so because they became victims of corruption, wage slavery, and oppression by the capitalists in Packingtown.
Interestingly, all of these subjects are combined in linear perspective, which uses geometric lines and a vanishing point to give the illusion of depth and space to painting. Giotto, Brunelleschi, and Alberti experimented and/or wrote about linear perspective and helped pave the way for future Renaissance artists.