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The meat packing industry was a leading producer in the food markets during the 1900s. ... Without strict inspection the meat industry would be able to cut corners, and increase profits. Someone needed to put an end to the poor conditions people were facing in the meat packing industry.
Upton Sinclair shocked the American public with his revelations about the meat packing industry and spurred Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act of 1906, which helped to settle the American public, but only did a small amount in improving the conditions for those that were present in the meat packing facilities. ... If not for Upton Sinclair and his novel The Jungle, congress might have let the conditions in the meat packing industry exist for years to come. His creative way of writing and the way he expresses his ideas through a story about immigrants living during the time, made people think twice before opening a can of processed meat.
Upton Sinclair a major figure in the debate over industry conditions investigated Chicagos meat industry on October 1904 and recorded what he experienced. A year later he published his findings in The Jungle. ... Throughout the novel the conditions of the times were brought up, especially those dealing with the meat industry. The idea behind the novel that Upton Sinclair wrote was to raise peoples awareness about the current working conditions people faced in the meat packing industry. ... In this novel, The Jungle, Upton Sinclair discusses many different topics such as mislabeled canned meats, unsanitary factory conditions, and meat contaminated by human body parts.
Approximate Word count = 1265
Approximate Pages = 5.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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