Meat packing industry

On October 12th me and my group members visited La Tapachulteca which is located in Van Nuys. La Tapachulteca is a Central American grocery and bakery shop. The shop that we visited had many different parts to it. As I walked to the front of the shop I noticed a small playground for children that had graffiti all around the sides of the store. As I got closer to the entrance I got a little nervous because I noticed graffiti all over the entrance which is consider vandalism. As I entered into the…

in the meat that we eat? Eric Schlosser has written a book on the process of meat packing plants that begs the question (Fast Food Nation). His work bears a remarkable similarity to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle written almost one hundred years ago. Schlosser wrote his book from a different approach but contains shocking information of how our meat is still processed today. He is rightly known as the Upton Sinclair of today. Schlosser went on a meat packing tour and explored the meat packing…

Upton Sinclair's’ book the Jungle, is based over the Gilded Age in history. In the Gilded Age things did not appear as it seemed. For example the meat packing industry was very disgusting and the bosses hid those types of things from the public. In the story Sinclair writes about a family that are immigrants who are trying to survive in the inner parts of Chicago. The family gets cheated out of everything and nothing rarely ever goes their way. The first struggle the family had had…

Rainsford was awoken the next day by a very putrid odor. Rainsford got up to investigate. Many thoughts ran through Rainsford as the odor became richer, “Has someone come to the island...is that waste...the musky water.” Rainsford walked outside to the dog pen and discovered that it was the rotting remains of General Zaroff, who just the night before was fed to the bloodhounds. However at that moment he heard a very outlandish noise. Rainsford went to investigate that piccular noise. As he…

was one of many to push for better regulations in the workplace. In his book, The Jungle, Sinclair wrote about the terrible conditions in factories and included disconcerting pictures of how meat is processed and packaged. His account of meat processing helped enact the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. These legislations promoted better working conditions for food service workers and the majority of consumers in America.…

Remy despite being a rat embodies superior qualities, he is clean, refuses to walk on all fours to avoid soiling food with dirty front paws. Remy’s rat colony comes across as a belonging to a working-class status. Rats live in close quarters near humans but in abject condition under roof and sewers. Rats are dirty and uncouth. They feed on garbage and leftovers and stolen food. They had to be steamed clean and purified before entering the restaurant to prepare food. The subtext embedded…

exploiting the lives of Lithuanian immigrants in Chicago during the Industrial Revolution of the early 19th century. The immigrants have a goal of achieving the American dream, and as the story goes on they are faced with the horrors of the meat packing industry. Upton Sinclair is a yellow journalist and muckraker during the progressive era, therefore the story is bound to have exaggeration in order for him to succeed in exposing the corruption of big businesses and government. Sinclair attempts…

In the book, Jurgis and his family had seen ads about high paying jobs in the meat packing industries. Although the jobs were higher paying, the cost to live in the United States was also high. There were so many people in search of jobs, that they would apply anywhere. As is shown in the book when Jurgis and his family are desperate and looking…

In this section, Schlosser takes perusers into the slaughterhouse. He discovers somebody with access to the plant who is agitated with the working conditions to give him a visit. Schlosser sees the whole horrifying procedure of steers butcher from the staggering of cows to the cutting. Critically, he watches the specialists' conditions inside. Schlosser says meatpacking is most hazardous occupation in America. A standout amongst the most perilous parts of the occupation are the blades…

place around an apartment complex above a delicatessen, owned by a hardy butcher who displays his power status over tenants, through aggressive confrontations and their over reliance on him to provide them with miscellaneous meats. Tenants pay for their rent and these meats through bags of corn, which act as a currency. A new tenant named Louison arrives in hopes of securing a job in the complex, but little does he know that he’s on…