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 …show more content…
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