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The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair is a reform in every sense of the word. The main themes that I picked up throughout the book were the unhealthy working conditions, corrupt society, unsanitary meat, socialism and the exploitation of Immigrants. All of these subjects at the time were very dangerous to talk about because if a worker was heard saying these things he would be fired. And this meant nothing to the employer because there were hundreds of people without work and desperate for a job. This book was a reform for unhealthy working conditions because throughout the book at almost every job Jurgis or another one of his family members had they were dealing with heavy machinery witch most of them didn’t have the proper training to operate them, diseases, rats and all sorts of other dangers as well. The worst part about it was that the employees couldn’t take a sick day even if they really needed it because if they did they would be fired. The corrupt society was another key theme in the book. An example of this was when Phil Connor didn’t allow Jurgis to get a job because he attacked him after he found out that he raped Ona. In this society there are politicians only out for themselves and sneaky salesmen who swindle their customers into buying something worthless for a lot of money. Jurgis’ family had been through it all swindles, rape and manipulation. Socialism was another main theme towards the end of the book. The Jungle is pretty much is socialism propaganda showing the reader the evils and failure of capitalism witch Sinclair believes to be inhuman, destructive, unjust, brutal, and violent. In Sinclair's view socialism is the cure for all of the problems that capitalism creates. When socialism is introduced it is shown to be as good as capitalism is evil. Whereas capitalism destroys the many for the benefit of the few, socialism works for the benefit of everyone. Lastly the exploitation of Immigrants I think pretty much goes hand in hand with...

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