By the early 1900s, some prominent American magazines had already begun publishing stifling reports on unjust monopolistic practices, widespread political corruption, and more crimes; which allowed their sales to skyrocket. Against this backdrop, in 1904, The Appeal to Reason, a leading socialist weekly, offered Sinclair $500 to prepare an expose on the (Cherny) meatpacking industry. To accomplish his mission, Sinclair traveled to Chicago, the center of the meat processing industry, and opened an investigation, stating: "I spent seven weeks in Packingtown studying conditions there and I have verified every minute detail, so that a picture of social conditions the book is as accurate as a government report” (Sinclair, The Industrial Republic 115-16). To gain first-hand knowledge of the work, he infiltrated the packing plants by posing as a worker. He walked the streets of Packingtown, the neighborhood near the stockyards where the workers live. He contacted people from different walks of life who could provide him with useful information about the living conditions in Packingtown. After seven weeks, he returned home to New Jersey, locked himself in a small cabin, wrote for nine months and produced The Jungle (Cherny).IV-1- The Jungle and the American dream The Jungle by Sinclair, is his fictional report from Packingtown to Chicago. It follows a Lithuanian immigrant family in Chicago and describes the horrible living and working conditions they endure. Through Jurgis, the protagonist, and his family, Sinclair reveals the tragedy of the suffering of all the Packinghouse workers in their quest for the American dream. He gives a detailed description of their ordeals, from their accommodation in boarding houses to their purchase of a cheated house,...... middle of paper ...... it is this same smoked sausage that kills Kristoforas, Jurgis' nephew. An hour after eating the smoked sausage, the young boy began to cry with exclamations of great pain and convulsions. Within minutes he was dead (138). These are just a few of the many examples of deception and corruption featured in The Jungle in the meat processing industry. Nonetheless, factories had government inspectors to check for tuberculous animals, but Sinclair explains that these inspectors were usually the kind of people who were easily distracted by passers-by and did not regret missing dozens of others. animals. The population's trust in government inspectors was therefore betrayed and their health needs were relentlessly ignored. However, Sinclair's exposure of the meatpacking industry's intrigues has increased awareness of such practices that occur on a daily basis..