The Jungle
In Sinclair’s novel The Jungle which is based of true life events of the life of people in 1906. There was a family who had moved from their home in Lithuania and mod to America. Once they were in America they got a job at a meat packing business. In the packing business there was a lot of problems. Dishonest practice came along, they did dishonest practice to survive. The books title is accurate to what life was like back then. Society classes were important back then, they would decide what you would be. The people that Jurgis meets are representative of cross-section of Chicago. The quote “I Aimed For The Public’s Heart, And… Hit It In the Stomach’ is trying to push socialism but then is interrupted by the corruption of the food …show more content…
Sinclair’s point of writing this novel was to try to get socialism but the people start worrying more about the health problems and forgets about socialism. Something came from this book and that is the Health Act. The Health Act was where the government came in and started to check everything and started to be involved in more things. So when it says “I Aimed For The Public’s Heart’ I means that they were trying to get socialism across. The second half means that instead of getting socialism across they got people’s attention by the Health act. This is how many of the food industries became more well known. They would have cleaner areas and would treat their workers well. Sinclair’s novel The Jungle is mainly about how life was back in 1906. You could see that life back in this time was not all that easy. You had to learn that not everything is as easy as counting to one, two, three. You have to actually work for things you want. Also, social class had a big effect on your life as well. Depending on which class you were in depended on what your life was going to be like. If you were more on the poor side you would have to deal with basic stuff. If you were more on the richer side you could basically do whatever you
In Sinclair’s novel The Jungle which is based of true life events of the life of people in 1906. There was a family who had moved from their home in Lithuania and mod to America. Once they were in America they got a job at a meat packing business. In the packing business there was a lot of problems. Dishonest practice came along, they did dishonest practice to survive. The books title is accurate to what life was like back then. Society classes were important back then, they would decide what you would be. The people that Jurgis meets are representative of cross-section of Chicago. The quote “I Aimed For The Public’s Heart, And… Hit It In the Stomach’ is trying to push socialism but then is interrupted by the corruption of the food …show more content…
Sinclair’s point of writing this novel was to try to get socialism but the people start worrying more about the health problems and forgets about socialism. Something came from this book and that is the Health Act. The Health Act was where the government came in and started to check everything and started to be involved in more things. So when it says “I Aimed For The Public’s Heart’ I means that they were trying to get socialism across. The second half means that instead of getting socialism across they got people’s attention by the Health act. This is how many of the food industries became more well known. They would have cleaner areas and would treat their workers well. Sinclair’s novel The Jungle is mainly about how life was back in 1906. You could see that life back in this time was not all that easy. You had to learn that not everything is as easy as counting to one, two, three. You have to actually work for things you want. Also, social class had a big effect on your life as well. Depending on which class you were in depended on what your life was going to be like. If you were more on the poor side you would have to deal with basic stuff. If you were more on the richer side you could basically do whatever you