Upton Sinclair

The Jungle written by American author, Upton Sinclair portrays a life of immigrants in 1906 Chicago. The work, a “muckraking” account of unsanitary conditions that were placed in Chicago stockyards quickly established itself in industrial capitalism and became one of the most groundbreaking novels of the age. The Jungle was written in such a devastating time period, when Theodore Roosevelt became President in 1901, and America was deeply divided by extreme wealth and poverty. The rapid…

packing industry handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock. The industries preparation of your food has always been thought to be safe to eat and good for you. Here at Upton Sinclair’s butcher house there is so many gross, unappealing, and many disgusting things that they don't want we the people to know. Their workers are the most recent immigrants and migrants for labor actions taken by other workers, also…

The Jungle is a book centered around the Union Stock Yards (Packingtown) of Chicago in the 20th century. The book is focused on Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian man who tries to get through a rough life in Chicago with his new wife Ona Lukoszaite. They live near the Stock Yards which is where many immigrants would go to work and don’t know much English. Jurgis gets a job there in the meat packing industry despite the filthy dangerous working conditions. The family is very dependent on his job, but…

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…

The Gulf of Mexico was dark, calm and blue and looked particularly warm. At the high speeds of the clean white boat I could barely see it.We were zooming! The anticipation was gnawing at me I couldn't wait. Based on the Copper Canyon adventures brochure that looked very cheesy the pictures of the environment looked insane and the ziplines even superior. A small mist of water that felt like one of those cheap fans you used on a hot sunny day during baseball games. The mist sprung onto my face…

Life as a commoner comes with lots of dissatisfaction and hunger. Many commoners ate bread or meat on a stick. They never had the money to eat like the nobles. Many commoners worked for knights or were servants to kings. Some even worked as blacksmiths or was a soldier. They didn't have any clean clothes and they couldn't take a clean bath like most people. Commoners had it rough either having to work really hard just to get a cent to feed them or their family. Many survived by selling trading…

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Comparison and Contrast about sweatshops Indeed society view sweatshops as a repulsive place to be in, we view being in a sweatshop factories is being hell on earth where individuals work like animals for their greedy employers. There is also comparison between the advantages and disadvantages about sweatshops. Till today, in every sweatshop owner’s point of view, ever since the starting of the very first sweatshop in Ecuador, these factories are definitely strength and advantages for them to…

In No Happy Cows: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Food Revolution, John Robbins seeks to educate anyone he can reach on the injustices, myths, and facts in regards to the food industries. Robbins begins his manuscript with an introduction that focuses on the layers of corruption surrounding big-ticket items such as Monsanto’s politicking and manipulation of the industry for profits. From here he moves on to discuss the inhumane treatment of food sourced animals and how it affects humans…

are among these unchanged facets. These unfortunate elements of life are prone to be recurrent until the end of humanity. There has been, and always will be, the poor and the hungry. In The Jungle, Sinclair emphasizes the issue of the widespread poverty and hunger in the Chicago stockyards. Also, Sinclair makes a point out of the inhumane ways the less fortunate are treated. In later chapters of The Jungle, the epidemic of poverty spreads to the main characters, Jurgis and his family. The…