Meatpacking

The relationship between the city and the country has typically been defined as a boundary where the city represents pristine and unfallen whereas the country is often seen as corrupt and unredeemed. A journey from the country to the city symbolizes, more of less, a journey from pastoral simplicity to cosmopolitan sophistication, from purity to corruption, or even from the past into the future. In no better case was this relationship present than in the city of Chicago. In the book Nature’s…

6. What issues and problems did your city face as its population grew? How did it handle them? As Cincinnati’s population grew, the city became densely populated and overcrowded. To solve this problem, the city became very active in the annexation of its neighbors. In 1873, the city annexed Camp Washington, Price Hill, and many more (Schulz, 2011). Another problem that the city faced in the 1890s was the loss of its wealthy residents to suburban areas. In order to combat this problem, the city…

to graffiti. In the "Sirens of the Lambs", Banksy confronts the issue of animal cruelty by addressing the meat industry in a unique way. The evidence of this piece is the location itself. Banksy arranged for a meatpacking truck, filled with puppet animals, to be driven around the Meatpacking District of the city of New York. The puppets were accompanied by animal sounds and squealing. Although Banksy's audience may be limited to the people in that area of New York City, the mobile art piece was…

“On average, meatpacking workers are injured at a rate of 27.6 per 100 workers- double the average of all manufacturing workers. Human rights watch called meatpacking the most dangerous factory job in America” (3). To help those who work in this industry, it would be wise to try to raise the safety rules. Living off a vegetarian diet might…

emotional issue. For Sinclair, the ideals of America stressed equality and brotherhood, but in all actuality, the rich did indeed get richer and the poor got poorer. No equality. No brotherhood. But just as The Jungle was seen as an attack on the meatpacking industry, Sinclair's perceived views on capitalism and socialism endured more so than his actual message. Too many people are unable to separate a political system from an economic system. Moreover, the United States, unlike many European…

at feedlots, the poor sanitation at slaughterhouses, excessive line speeds, poorly trained workers, the lack of stringent government oversight- the meatpacking industry and the USDA are now advocating an exotic technological solution to the problem of food borne pathogens. They want to irradiate the nation’s meat” This quote exhibits that the meatpacking industry is just not as high-minded as it used to be before the twenty-first century because instead of figuring out what is wrong with the…

Following the end of the Gilded Age, various ample corporations would Through the various events in the novel, The Jungle starts en medias res, during the ceremony of Jurgis Rudkus and Ona Lukoszaite’s wedding. As immigrants from Lithuania, their culture invites the people to a veselija, where one could come in, eating and drinking as much as one would like, leaving money so one could cover the cost. Due to the fact that the ceremony was in Packingtown, Chicago, several guests left no money at…

In Fast Food Nation, the author, Eric Schlosser, creates an argument against the fast food business, how it affects people’s health or lives, its practices, and specifically exploiting how these businesses, blinded by income, overlook important issues. He details the business from its very beginnings, its evolution, and with an expansive afterword, describes what the business is like years after his book was published. Throughout his detailed descriptions and background, Schlosser uses several…

Steven Greanhouse a journalist and the author of Rare Vote Set on a Union in Fast Food, says “Jen Thompson, a mother of two who earns $7.75 an hour as a sandwich maker said… We’re tired of getting treated like garbage. We don’t get paid well, and we get horrible hours.” This quote is trying to examine the feeling a fast food worker. People should treat others the way they want to be treated. Unfortunately, many people treat others horrible. One of the biggest issues with the beef industries is…

general public was fearful. For it was the working class man that truly felt the harsh conditions they were subject to across all industries. In the gilded age, Chicago meatpacking company was the standard for how raw meats would be processed and distributed amongst the nation. It was the head of the meat industry; with the meatpacking industry thousands of jobs were available, yet it was because of monopoly capitalism that the workers of this company were afraid. Wages…