The Jungle 4

American history has always been dominated by those individuals who have challenged themselves with causes. Sinclair used The Jungle as a way to make America aware of the corruption of Chicago’s meat packing industry and the general corruption of capitalism. He did this by telling the story of a group of Lithuanian immigrants who came to America seeking fortune, freedom, and opportunity. These hopes for the new world perished in jungle of human suffering. …

…young and strong and discarding the olds and weak. While workers tried to form unions, they were no match for the capitalist organizations. Sinclair brings his views of socialism as the solution to light when in the story Jurgis attends a socialist rally just to keep warm and ends up being inspired to turn his life around. He gets a job at a hotel with a socialist organizer and is again accepted in his family.