The Jungle is a story about the American worker at the beginning of the twentieth century. It shows the hardship of the lower class during these times. It also shows the horrible things mankind did to one another. Sinclair's purpose in writing the jungle was to get people to favor more socialistic ideals.
             The topics covered in The Jungle range from corruption to class division. The book shows the horrible practices of the beef industry during the time period. The book shows the dark side of the social Darwinism that was practiced during the late nineteenth century. The main topic of the book is to show the evils of capitalism and why socialism is the better economic system to use.
             In The Jungle Sinclair shows the corruption of the time period. One specific example is when the real estate agent sells Jurgis a bad house. Jurgis doesn't even own the house and if he misses a payment he will be kicked out of the house. When Jurgis goes to a lawyer to ask about the contract the lawyer says nothing is wrong with it. The lawyer was a friend of the real estate agent.
             Another example is when the man at Jurgis' work tricks him into selling his voting rights. He becomes an American citizen in order to vote, and unknowingly sells his votes to the man.
             The Jungle shows the horrible practices of the meat industry. Jurgis discovers that bad meat is slaughtered and mixed in with the rest of the good meat. This appalling practice gains the beef industry more money at the cost of peoples' health.
             The practice of slaughtering the cattle shows another aspect of Sinclair's viewpoint. The cattle can be seen as the working class men who don't have a clue what is happening to them in the big scheme of things. It isn't until their legs are pulled out from under them that they realize that it is too late.
             The Jungle also tries to make it seem that you can only succeed through Capitalis
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