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Who is the author of 'The Jungle'?
Answer
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair wrote 'The Jungle,' published in 1906, a muckraking novel exposing horrific conditions in the American meatpacking industry. The novel's graphic descriptions of unsafe working conditions and unsanitary food processing shocked the public and led directly to creation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Sinclair's social activism transformed fiction into a powerful tool for social reform and investigative journalism.
💡 Did you know?
'The Jungle' directly led to creation of the FDA and passage of the Meat Inspection Act of 1906.
Other options people guess
- Jack London
- Frank Norris
- Theodore Dreiser
Topics
- American
- social criticism
- muckraking
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