When thinking about a job that I would like to have, one were you have to stand in the remains of dead animals doesn't even begin to cross my mind. However this is the conditions that Jurgis and his family worked in everyday. In the book The Jungle Jurgis and his family endure a lot of trials, and one of the main ones is the condition and atmosphere of the factories. Upton Sinclair attacks the industry and capitalism in The Jungle.

The conditions in the meat packing industry were almost unspeakable. The factories were filthy. They were never clean. "It is an elemental odor, raw and crude; it is rich, almost rancid, sensual and strong." (28). The smell in the factories was so awful that it made you eyes tear up upon entering. People who worked in the meat packing factories had to stand in...