The Food Production Industry In Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

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The food production industry is the most important enterprise in the world. Although conditions have improved from the 20th century, numerous deficiencies remain in the 21st century. These deficiencies include poor food production and horrific labor conditions. In the novel The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, a child dies due to a poorly processed sausage and a man falls into a food processor resulting in his death, similarly, in the movie food inc, a child named Kevin dies from e coli and shows examples of workers that still face many injuries such as lost fingernails and fingers, therefore, the food industry has improved greatly, but not entirely from the 20th century to the 21st..

In the novel The Jungle a child named Kristoforas dies due to consuming a tubercular sausage, this was not uncommon in the 20th century. The death of Kristoforas left his coworkers and peers indifferent to the situation because in the 20th century it was very common for someone to lose their life while doing their job. Sinclair is attempting to note that children are the most
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This being based on a true story caused an uproar and riot against the food industry. This is different from the 20th century novel the jungle because Americans are more educated on health related issues in the 21st century. Once again referring to Sinclair's point that even the young, the most vulnerable of society, is left unprotected. Children today still die in the 21st century from eating bad food but it is rare. Also, workers rarely die at work in the 21st century but they do suffer from various non fatal injuries such as losing fingernails from scraping skin and meat off of the animal, as well as fingers and hands from operating machinery. Conditions from the 20th century have improved but have yet to been perfected in the 21st