Both in the past and now, there has been direct corruption, but there are differences in the efforts to address the problem. The character Jurgis from The Jungle had strong feelings on the issue of corruption due to his personal relationship with how it affected him; and there are aspects of the changes that he would both like and dislike. Profit-driven corruption issues are still here today, and there are similar and different parts of corruption today compared to the past issue; and Jurgis would probably have different feelings about the different changes (or the lack of change). However, as it was in The Jungle, the people of the America always has the power to shine light on our issues - only the future will tell us if America’s corruption will be