... by capitalist pigs that exploited most of the working-class to later justify their actions through Social Darwinism or the major influence they had on the economy. Although the United States is perceived as the home of free enterprise, prosperity and equal opportunity, American fiction following 1865, ... America into a metaphorical jungle. When Sinclair describes the thousands of people waiting to just get a chance at employment, he deciphers the brutal nature of the packing yards. He shows that the people have little chance of obtaining employment, or even surviving in the brutal jungl...

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