The Failure Of Socialism In Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

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Society generally passes down the notion that hard work always pays off, but this statement has different implications for members of different social classes. While people of the upper class use this statement to overlook their privilege, lower class and working people learn that hard work does not grant everyone the same favors. This was the unfortunate reality for many factory workers during a period of American history known as industrialization. During industrialization, various corporations joined together in order to further the divide between rich and poor. With their surplus of capital, large corporations were able to find loopholes in regulations and exploit the labor force. Workers fought against the extremely unregulated capitalism by joining together into unions and fighting with strikes, protests, and boycotts. Writers …show more content…
Sinclair offers socialism as the solution to his characters’ plights, but his suggestion falls short due to his abrupt abandonment of the plot and characters. Another factor that led to the failure of his proposal is his lack of realism when describing how socialism is the solution to the issues faced by his characters. The realism in Sinclair’s symbolism about hogs appealed to many readers’ emotions of pity and frustration; but his socialist propaganda causes the story to lose its emotional appeal. Sinclair hoped to change America into a socialist society by writing The Jungle. Every author has a purpose for writing, and there is equal responsibility between them and their readers in order for a message to be successfully conveyed and received. It is important for an author to convince readers of their point in order to generate action. With enough recognition and a successful execution, a novel holds the potential to change the
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