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The Jungle


             The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair was an important novel for the Twentieth Century in American history and made a big role in how industries, people, and American society in general functions like it does today. .
             Industrialization was one of the many themes that made The Jungle an important role in American history. In the 1920's mass production was becoming more and more popular. Meat factories, and seamstress factories were filthy and very unsanitary. "There would be meat that had tumbled out on the floor, in the .
             dirt and sawdust, where the workers had tramped and spit uncounted billions of consumption germs." (page 136) It showed people how terrible the working conditions were, and how people at that time were suffering from diseases the factories had given them. This had soon caused President Theodore Roosevelt to issue out the Pure Food And Drug Act, which led to better food quality, and a better examination of factory produced products.
             Immigration was also another theme that Upton Sinclair brought up, so people could understand what life was like for them at the time. "I tried all day - two days. Elzbieta was with me, and she couldn't either. We couldn't walk at all, it was so deep. And we had nothing to eat- (page 170) Upton Sinclair depicts the lifestyles for immigrants to be very rough and in some cases, a lot of tragedy takes place on an "average" day in the life of an immigrant. The novel showed the hardships immigrants had to go through, and what .
             The novel showed how the Labor Movement in the 1920's affected the United States. Many Unions were forming and Sinclair proved the difficulties the Unions and the owners had against each other. The Jungle illustrated the endless attempts of negotiations that the Union members and the owners of the factories were trying to agree upon. Sinclair displayed how Unions wanted better wages, working hours, and conditions. He showed the reactions of both Union members and owners when compromises were not made, and how owners reacted to strikers and picket lines.


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