L’s Reviews > The Jungle > Status Update

“It was quite uncanny to watch [the livestock], pressing on to their fate, all unsuspicious—a very river of death. Our friends were not poetical, and the sight suggested to them no metaphors of human destiny; they thought only of the wonderful efficiency of it all.” (39)

The way Sinclair handles how the meatpacking industry works is masterclass. I could spend ages talking about this line.