The historical fiction book, The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair, is about the fictional character Jurgis Rudkus. Jurgis lives in Chicago in the early 1900’s. He had moved to America from Lithonia in search of a better life. “Jurgis could see all the truth now-could see himself through the whole long course of events, the victim … Read more
The early twentieth century was a ferocious time, though we can’t immediately think of a time in American history that has been peaceful. Upton Sinclair, in his novel, The Jungle, an expose of the meatpacking industry, became an enormous bestseller translated into seventeen languages within weeks of its publication in 1906. But while The Jungle … Read more
The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair was published in 1906. It exposed the meat factories and this novel alone, changed how the meats were handled and produced. Upton Sinclair exposed how terrible meat factories were. Instead of actually having a book full of fact to interest readers he made up a fictional story and to … Read more