An Analysis of "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair

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This paper analyzes Sinclair's hidden goal behind the themes presented, which is a push for socialism as a universal cure. The paper includes a short summary of "The Jungle," explains who Sinclair was and what he represented, why Sinclair's novel is remembered, and intricately analyzes the real theme of the novel which is to expose the evils of capitalism while promoting socialism.

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"The Jungle, regarded at times as propaganda rather than literature, is written by Upton Sinclair, one of the most controversial writers of the Progressive Era. Sinclair was a "muckraker" or a journalist who wrote exposes in attempts to alert the general public of the deception and dishonesty then existent in the United States. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1878, Sinclair composed both essays and fiction on topics such as the coal and oil industry, newspapers, the liquor business, the persecution of radicals and the threat of dictatorship. Although he wrote many pieces to expose corruption, he experienced his first real accomplishment with the printing of The Jungle in 1906, which established him as a leading social critic."

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