Sinclair uses a series of grotesque imagery in order to expose the corruption that was going on in the meat packing industries. By doing this he hoped that people would start taking precautions and caring about the products their foods contained. This was aimed more towards the middle class people as they were the only ones who could really do something. The lower class were too poor and the higher class only made decisions that were in their best interest.
He describes the way animals were tortured and the lack of cleanliness that went on in order to frighten consumers. The animals were all kept in this pen where they had no room to move around. Sinclair wrote, “Then came the floorsman, to make the first cut in the skin; and then another
He describes the way animals were tortured and the lack of cleanliness that went on in order to frighten consumers. The animals were all kept in this pen where they had no room to move around. Sinclair wrote, “Then came the floorsman, to make the first cut in the skin; and then another