Progressivism was a time period where there was emphasis on improving working conditions, improving the way of life, exposing corruption, and expanding democracy. The excerpts from Fast Food Nation and The Jungle outline the citizens who demanded a change in numerous areas such as business, labor, economy, consumers, and an increase of democracy.

The Jungle’s main goal is to allure and impel the audience to endorse socialism. Throughout the excerpt Sinclair makes efforts to discredit the capitalist political system and display how a socialist political system would restore humanity to the abused working class. Schlosser’s main goal was to inform the people about how these major plants have no economic incentive to spend extra money to make the work environment safe. He implies that it should be the role of government to force the plants to set up adequate safety regulations. …show more content…
Sinclair points out the unsanitary and carless procedures of the workers processing the meat. The workers would use diseased meat and pickle it to sell for at home use. Who knew what kind of meat was in the sausage because they would flavor, color, and scent it to seem like real grade meat. In Fast Food Nation’s excerpt, it describes a visit to a huge meatpacking plant in the High Plains. Throughout the plant things seem normal but, as Schlosser moves further inside, it gets nauseating. Workers stand near each other slicing up chunks of cattle standing in puddles of blood. Other workers shoot cattle in the head while another worker slits the cattle’s throats to kill them. Schlosser’s experience makes his point of the brutal conditions in the