Summary Of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

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In the Twentieth century, the United States of America was on the verge of a totally Capitalist society. Hardly any regulations were in place and immigrants were being taken advantage of. After the publication of Upton Sinclair’s novel The Jungle, the Pure Food Act of 1906 was passed. Later, laws, unions and federal companies were created to help improve this problem. Although the country’s food industry has acquired labor unions and safety regulations for legal United States citizens, it has worsened with its treatment of animals and the hiring and firing of undocumented workers. Throughout time, the treatment of the animals we consume has become progressively worse. In The Jungle, cows in particular arrived at the factory and were butchered that same day. The treatment of animals in the twenty-first century has become drastically worse, as seen in the movie, Food Inc. Currently, cows are fed corn instead of their natural grass based diet. As a result, diseases such as E Coli are spreading more rapidly than ever before. This disease infestation can severely harm adults or children with weakened or developing immune systems. Cows, however, are not the only animal suffering, chickens are mistreated just as much. They are raised quicker and faster resulting …show more content…
In the novel, the immigrants were taken advantage of and used until they had nothing left. Currently,the company Smithfield buses in immigrants who they can pay less than minimum wage and uses them until they feel they no longer need them. At that time, Smithfield notifies the Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the illegal presence of those immigrants in the United States. The immigrants are then bused back to where they came from. The vacated positions are then filled with more of these immigrants. This inhumane process just keeps repeating over and over again with no repercussions for the company doing

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Summary Of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

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