Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle is fictional story that deals with a very real and shocking reality associated with turn of the century American immigrants. It is a story of a Lithuanian man, Jurgis Rudkus, who comes to America in search of the “dream” with his new fiancé and her family. In their search, the party actually finds something totally different. What they truly discover is a world of corruption, injustice, and poverty. All of these crimes of humanity are found in the place where they live and work, PACK-ING-TOWN!
Packingtown is a world unlike any I have previously read about. The experience of the Lithuanian immigrants is one of horror and dismay. The world in which they live is most certainly ruthless, unscrupulous, and morally adrift. Everywhere they turn, they are being taken advantage of. It seems that everyone is surviving off the misfortunes of another, some with out even knowing. This is clearly seen when the book states, “It was a striking circumstance...