Writer's Block: LiveJournal Book Club

[taitumhaze]

The Jungle. By Upton Sinclair.

It's my favorite.

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[glorified_screw]

isn't that the book about slaughter houses being
unclean and vile, putrid, terrible places?

[taitumhaze]

Yes, and it's around the story of an immigrant family who struggle for survival. It's not a happy story at all and that's why it's great. It shows how humans, no matter how humble and/or moral, can be broken down and turned into animals.

[glorified_screw]

My old history teacher and I had a long discussion about it, I've been watnting to read it ever since, but he showed me some of the grosser parts, so I never made the effort, haha.

I have a stack of books to read, but when I'm done I just might seek it out now.

[laviemoderne]

Never read him. Too many damn books to read, not enough time.