The Impact of The Jungle Upton Sinclair, the author of The Jungle, is known as the world’s greatest muckraker because of his exposure of some of the world’s problems in his literature and journalism. In 1904, he was commissioned by a socialist newspaper to investigate and record the living and working conditions in Chicago’s stockyards. Sinclair observed the working environment in the stockyards for seven weeks to gather information. In 1905, The Jungle was …showed first 75 words of 599 total…

…showed last 75 words of 599 total…hit it in the stomach"(Upton as qtd. In The Jungle by Upton Sinclair n.p.). The impact The Jungle had on public awareness for the horrific working conditions of workers and immigrants was unprecedented in American history. The book made Americans realize societies internal conditions they had obliviously accepted. It also forced the government to take power out of the hands of industry, and enforce regulations which would make life safer for the public.