The Jungle was written as propaganda. Upton Sinclair’s purpose in The Jungle was to persuade the reader into believing that socialism was the best form of government. Sinclair did this by creating a large group of characters that the reader would get emotionally invested in, and only in the last few chapters did Sinclair even mention socialism at all. The definition of propaganda (according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary) says: “ideas or statements that are often false or exaggerated and that are spread in order to help a cause, a political leader, a government, etc.” Socialism is the idea that all industry is equal, instead of being owned by a small group of rich millionaires. It’s the idea that the workers will get paid enough to actually support their families, and the workplace is a much more cooperative environment for everybody. …show more content…
The way Sinclair writes the first 29 chapters of the book shows that he has a very negative view on capitalism, and that he believes that all the problems that come from capitalism can easily be cured by socialism.. Sinclair shows this by creating all of these problems for Jurgis’ family. The struggle to find a job, the struggle to maintain a job, barely being able to afford rent, abuse of power in the government and in factories, political machines, etc. The way Sinclair wrote the book makes capitalism almost seem evil. Jurgis Rudkus led a very horrible life. Jurgis had many problems in his life, all of them being caused by capitalism. Only in the last 3 chapters, when Jurgis discovered the idea of socialism, did he seem actually happy with where he was in his