![]() On page 14 of the book it states "It was in the stockyards that Jonas' friend had gotten rich, and so to Chicago the party was bound. They thought America had more freedom and they would live the American Dream. They moved to America in hopes of finding a better life in means of work. The story takes place In Chicago where Ona Lukoszaite and Jurgis Rudkus originally from Lithuania now married were making way to Chicago. This book allowed me to understand why there is inspection acts in food departments. ![]() ![]() Immigrants who worked in 1900s and even now still face many of the same obstacles such as low wages and low tier work conditions. The book went into great detail about how immigrants lived and survived these harsh conditions of there jobs and neighborhoods. I believe Upton Sinclair's purpose of the book was to expose but also to connect the argument of how immigrants were treated in such fields of labor. ![]() Author Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a fiction story but has very much real stories that happened in early beginnings of meat packing industries. ![]()
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