Upton Sinclair, an ardent anti-capitalist, wrote TheJungle to expose what he thought were the dangers of a freemarket economy.
He intended to do this through his plot about a heartlessmeatpacking company that took advantage of the poor working classit employed.
When Teddy Roosevelt read it, he saw only one thing--the awfultruth of how the sausage is made (literally).
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