JUNGLE DID SINCLAIR SUCCEED
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In 1905 Upton Sinclair published "The Jungle." This title is a metaphor for the rat race it was to come out of 19th century America with a dime in your pocket, and the chances of surviving something like an African jungle. Sinclair's message touched the lives off everyone who lives in America today since the first publishing of the book. He got laws changed, policies initiated, and turned around the food and meat packing industries. "The Jungle" revolutionized the workplace. But are these the things that define a successful book? Not if the authors intention was something other than what occurred. Of course he wanted to change the meat packing industry of America, but his other large goal with publishing the book was to convert Capitalists and otherwise into Socialists. Although "The Jungle" improved the lives of countless people by redefining industrial America, this country still maintained its Capitalist advantage, rejecting what may have been Sinclair's biggest goal, thus making the book ultimately unsuccessful.
Upton Sinclair's creativity and ideas are well developed, original and powerful, but it lacks the aesthetic quality many other classic books have...