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4. He wanted to hit people in the heart

Reply to Ex Lurker (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 28, 2020, 09:41 PM

Apr 2020

and got them in the stomach instead

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How many have read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair? It was required reading in my history class [View all] demtenjeep Apr 2020 OP

Read it. Texaswitchy Apr 2020 #1

I was a vegetarian for two years xmas74 Apr 2020 #2

Sinclair's purpose in writing it Ex Lurker Apr 2020 #3

He wanted to hit people in the heart DBoon Apr 2020 #4

+1 n/t Laelth Apr 2020 #9

Exactly! mountain grammy Apr 2020 #33

Sausage! LeftInTX Apr 2020 #12

It took the tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory to get some worker protections malchickiwick Apr 2020 #28

Yes, I have. Flaleftist Apr 2020 #5

Capitalism I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2020 #8

No more respect or consideration for the workers than the animals they slaughtered. Flaleftist Apr 2020 #20

and if a hand or an arm got smashed off in the grinder, it ended up in that day's product demtenjeep Apr 2020 #10

Yep. And people that fell into the cooking vats Flaleftist Apr 2020 #15

The local steel mill where I grew up had a memorial patch. Igel Apr 2020 #23

I did. Laelth Apr 2020 #6

I don't see regulations as anti-socialism. And we are still talking about that novel. rusty quoin Apr 2020 #41

The novel was highly influential. Laelth Apr 2020 #45

Me too. That is exactly how I've seen it. The regulation of capital. Not everything is a commodity rusty quoin Apr 2020 #47

Read it 48 years ago in my Freshman year of high school. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 #7

Yeah, those years were behind us not fooled Apr 2020 #29

8th grade. Horrifying. alittlelark Apr 2020 #11

Great read malaise Apr 2020 #13

I read it. Not sure what class. Maybe English jimfields33 Apr 2020 #14

I read it my freshman year in college for US History class. I still have the paper I wrote on it. ARPad95 Apr 2020 #16

Sinclair wrote it in 1906, so he did not get to see that there would be Sloumeau Apr 2020 #24

He died in 1968 (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Apr 2020 #32

I'm sorry. I should have specified that he had not seen, Sloumeau Apr 2020 #42

I did. RandySF Apr 2020 #17

Read it 8th grade. wendyb-NC Apr 2020 #18

I have read it. nt tblue37 Apr 2020 #19

I recall reading it as a kid Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #21

My step father read it to us as a bedtime story when we were little. Crunchy Frog Apr 2020 #22

I assigned it to my H.S. students and to the class I taught at Fordham, Manhattan campus. 3Hotdogs Apr 2020 #25

Trump campaigned on taking us backwards IronLionZion Apr 2020 #26

It was one of the required books in one of my classes at Cal State.... Upthevibe Apr 2020 #27

I've read it Demobrat Apr 2020 #30

I read it years ago... nancy1942 Apr 2020 #31

I have Generic Brad Apr 2020 #34

This is what 40 years of union busting dflprincess Apr 2020 #35

Obama's agriculture secretary was on Chris Hayes tonight and calmed me down Hamlette Apr 2020 #36

I remember that book kimbutgar Apr 2020 #37

My immigrant Grandparents worked in the Chicago Stock Yards and hated every second of it. Talitha Apr 2020 #38

Called to mind right away WyLoochka Apr 2020 #39

Yup. Read it for a high school History class. notinkansas Apr 2020 #40

I never assigned the book to my 8th graders but there was a clip demtenjeep Apr 2020 #43

I did. Nt raccoon Apr 2020 #44

Funny, I am currently reading his The Book of Life, mainly for his chapter The Fasting Cure Quixote1818 Apr 2020 #46

Missed that-- but note the same points and memories in both threads. Some hell... TreasonousBastard May 2020 #48