Lane Atwood’s Reviews > The Jungle > Status Update

I rarely get squeamish especially when it comes to reading books, but the descriptions of the horrendous business practices and descriptions of moldy spoiled food that were sent to the market for consumption is just sickening. It was then disgusting reality of the food industry at the time and the reminder of why we should be thankful of the nutrition charts on products

This feels in many ways a prequel to Grapes of Wrath. The story in which America’s melting pot was born off the backs of hard working immigrants who are constantly brought in wave after wave to lower the value and cost of labor