Part A 1. Upton Sinclair was called a "muckraker." How did Sinclair "muckrake" for social reform? He wrote about how the process for making meat such as hot dogs and bologna was and let people know about it which led to a reform for the meat-packing industry. 2. Sinclair was convinced ".... through art one could cause change." What was established as a direct result of the public outcry from this novel? The Meat Inspection Act was a direct result of the public outcry. 3. What did the
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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and Chicago by Carl Sandburg Sociological Analysis From the respective viewpoints from and within the Jungle by Upton Sinclair and the poem Chicago by Carl Sandburg‚ we can evaluate the differences between the externally affecting thoughts of the ignorant‚ the oppressed‚ the oppressors‚ and how the caused behaviors affect conditions in societies. The fictional facets of Upton Sinclair’s 1906 depiction of Chicago and the same of Carl Sandburg’s 1914 depiction catalyze
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reforms did the novel call for? Do you think The Jungle was effective in bringing about societal and governmental reform? The Jungle‚ a largely informative‚ eye-opening novel written by Upton Sinclair‚ tells the horrible truths about life in Chicago and America in general in the early twentieth century. Sinclair wrote this famous piece with the hopes of educating the public on the struggles faced by the average American‚ along with the many societal and governmental reforms that needed to be put
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The Jungle (reading questions) 1. What is the significance of the title? What is the relationship between animals in the jungle? In this case‚ what has dehumanized the people throughout the novel into “beasts” engaged in a savage competitive struggle where the strong devour the vulnerable? 2. How are the meatpacking houses able to so thoroughly exploit those employed to process the meat? Why doesn’t Jurgis and others simply quit and go to work for another company? 3. In what ways are the employees
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THE JUNGLE: Essay In the year of 1906 Upton Sinclair published a book called THE JUNGLE‚ which takes place in Chicago. In Sinclair’s book THE JUNGLE Sinclair uses many different ways to persuade Americans to turn to socialism. Socialism is any various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods. In other words socialism is when everyone has to combine the money that they’ve earned then
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journalists had the objective of educating the public about issues and persuading more people to fight for reform‚ and they did so by exposing society’s flaws through their work. One of the most key muckrakers at the time was journalist and author Upton Sinclair‚ Jr. He wrote “The Jungle”‚ a novel about the ills of the meat-packing industry. The publishing of “The Jungle” influenced the Federal Food and Drugs Act of 1906 and the Federal Meat Inspection Act by showing what was actually going on in the
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Sinclair’s novel does accurately portray times and events that happened during this time period in the United States. To get this information Sinclair stayed in Chicago and investigated the issues for 7 weeks before writing the jungle. He was hired by a Newspaper to write the book. So the novel is accurate‚ but can be considered one sided because Sinclair’s took a stance on some issues with the harsh working conditions at meat packing factories and also the cleanliness of the factories. The novel
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working and living conditions during the industrial revolution -Extremely bad. -In the book " The Jungle " by Upton Sinclair‚ the author detailed the appalling conditions faced by the workers of the meat-packaging industry. "There were men who worked in the cooking rooms‚ in the midst of steam and sickening odors‚ by artificial light; in these rooms the germs of tuberculosis might live for two years‚ but the supply was renewed every hour. There were the beef-luggers‚ who carried two-hundred-pound
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progressive Era made significant headway in their attempted reforms‚ though they were eventually limited by the decisions of the supreme courts. Muckrakers (people who wrote critiques on society and its faults) like Upton Sinclair wrote pieces of literature that called for reform. In particular Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle was one of the sole motivations for Congress to pass the United States Meat Inspection Act of 1906. The federal government took action and implemented the Neil-Reynolds report‚ which found
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later repealed. Finally‚ there was the nineteenth amendment whih allowed women’s suffrage due to the progressive feminist movement. These different amendments were all ways in which the federal government helped reform America nationally. Upton Sinclair’s book‚ The Jungle‚ enlightened the American punlic of the horrors of the meatpacking industry. Consequently‚ the Meat Inspection Act of 1906‚ was passed making meat shipped over state lines subject to inspection. Thus the food and drug administration
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