Force The Jungle Critical Analysis The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is a powerful piece of classical literature. Indeed‚ it is arguably Sinclair’s most famous of all prior and latter works of art due to the simple fact it had such an impact on the meatpacking industry. Oddly enough‚ Sinclair didn’t achieve his underlying goal in stressing the importance of a socialistic society‚ but rather society focused on the atrocities of the how their food was being prepared in factories. The Jungle is a fictional
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called the right passengers (immigrants). The story takes place on Manhattan’s so called ‘Meatpacking District’‚ where mostly wealthy people live. The whole story takes place in Nadeem Riaz’s taxi‚ and lasts for a couple of hours - starting of past midnight. Nadeem Riaz’s occupation indicates that he is from the lower social class – hence‚ he is out of his comfort zone‚ by driving around the Meatpacking District. Manhattan symbolises the outside world‚ which Nadeem Riaz has been cut off from and
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. Progressives believed that the solution to the nation’s problems was government intervention. The progressive platform aimed to prioritize public welfare and actively fight against injustice. These points were illustrated when their platform claimed that "This country belongs to the people who inhabit it. Its resources‚ its business‚ its institutions and its laws should be utilized‚ maintained or altered in whatever manner will best promote the general interest." 2. The progressives focused on
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References: Blackwell‚ Jon. 1906: Rumble over ‘The Jungle’‚ retrieved 15 Jun 2011 from: http://www.capitalcentury.com/1906.html Meatpacking in the U.S.: Still a "Jungle" Out There? (2006)‚ retrieved 15 Jun 2007‚ from: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/250/meat-packing.html Parker‚ Laura‚ USA just wouldn’t work without immigrant labor‚ (July 2001)‚ retrieved 15 Jun 2011‚ from: http://www
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When we are eating meat‚ we do not stop and think about what the real cost of its production has been. The cost is not a sum of money‚ the cost is the one humans and animals have to pay in order for us to consume meat. In his book Fast Food Nation ‚ Eric Schlosser discusses the unsatisfactory treatment workers and animals receive when being at a slaughterhouse‚ which lack proper inspections‚ due to the absence of government oversight. Jonathan Safran Foer‚ in his book Eating Animals‚ also discusses
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concept is not always true through a worst-case-scenario‚ that the reader learns is all too true for many other families immigrating to America at the same time. Practically every single aspect of the family’s experience in Packingtown‚ Chicago’s meatpacking district which is riddled with crime and poverty‚ runs completely the opposite of what most believe to be the American Dream.
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war industries of northern cities such as African American workers eagerly left their low-paying jobs as agricultural laborers and domestic servants in the rural South and headed north in massive numbers. African Americans found major jobs such meatpacking plants‚ shipyards‚ and steel Mills in Chicago‚ Cleveland‚ Detroit‚ New York‚ Philadelphia‚ St. Louis‚ Pittsburgh‚ and Cincinnati.
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dive into the mud and reveal the dirty side of established business practices.” (“Whistleblowers”). In one of the leading examples of muckrakers‚ Upton Sinclair and his novel‚ The Jungle‚ ”exposed some of the filthy conditions and practices of the meatpacking industry” and thus fought for the right of the common worker and the safety of the public. During the era in which these conditions took place‚ workers were not given voice and their concerns were listened to cursorily by their employers. Sinclair
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Fast food nation This is a fiction movie taken by the omonym best seller of Eric Schlosser. Mainly the story aims to speak out the desease caused by the fast food system and to denounce the businessmen’s behavior of neglecting the events because of the great deal of money earned with this trade. Furthermore there are different secondary topics dealing with the story such as exploitation‚ illegal work‚ animal cruelty‚ poverty‚ drug addiction and sexual harassment at work. In order to depict
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In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s there were many problems in the present american life - Jacob Riis‚ Child labor‚ “ The Jungle”‚ Expanding Democracy‚ and the Bosses of the Senate. Also there were some solutions to these problems‚ but why create a problem and then not have a solution. Document One: Jacob Riis he was an American newspaper reporter‚ social reformer‚ and photographer. “Riis argued for better housing‚ adequate lighting and sanitation‚ and the construction of city parks and playgrounds
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