Although Sinclair’s investigation tells a story of the toll the meatpacking industry took on families nearly a hundred years ago, he still offers insight into the deceiving side of America’s food corruptions. Both writers brilliantly offer realization and awareness in their books that will benefit anyone who reads them to make better decisions daily. The description of the factory farming slaughterhouses in both books is enough to send chills down almost anyone’s spine; The Jungle opens with the cruel tactics, yet Fast Food Nation did not mention the slaughterhouses until midway. As Jurgis and his family tour the packinghouse where he will be working as a shoveler,(shoveling blood and guts) they first see what seems to be millions of cows. There are rail yards that carry the cattle to the slaughterhouse where the mechanics of the process are awe-inspiring.
“…The negro stable buck…” The term ‘negro’ denotes black and Steinbeck defines Crooks by his race before bringing in his profession. Viewed in a very animalistic light, Steinbeck highlights the disrespect the ranch has for him, “…Crooks’ bunk was a long box filled with straw…” Unlike the bunkhouse where they were privileged with a blanket, Crooks’ bed was more primitive than the ranch hands, ‘a long box’, equivalent to when you want to ship an animal to somewhere they’d often be put in a long box with straw, again demonstrates the disrepute of the ranch to Crooks. Contextually, through this Steinbeck accentuates the idea that during the 1930s, black people were considered as a sub-species. “…Crooks had his apple box over his bunk, and in it a range of medicine bottles, both for him and his horses…” Often in literature, the location of items are to be considered, as in this case the detail that his apple box with his medicine was above his bunk expresses that his disability takes over his life, which is
South Park provides us with in your face politics with no apologies. For example, in season fifteen episode nine called “The Last of the Meheecans” South Park makes fun of the country’s current economy. In the episode the economy is so awful that the hispanic immigrants that once traveled to our country in hopes of a new start have decided to run back to their country of origin. Furthermore, South Park demonstrates the diversity that exists in our country. Just in the .little town of Colorado the characters of South Park reside in there are Caucasians, Hispanics, African-Americans, Jewish people, Christians, Muslims, Homosexuals, the one percent, the
Winter Dreams During the winter in Black Bear Minnesota, there's this guy named, Dexter Green which is son of the second best grocery store. They have snowed in golf courses which Dexter was a caddy during the warmer months. He caddiest to earn his pocket money. Dexter's financial resources had been stretched, so he passes school for a countless affection. Dexter then finished schooling, and then he had borrowed 1,000 dollars from his degree to buy assistance in laundry.
Thomas Jefferson once said that, “man is the only animal which devours his own kind.” This quote, showing the selfishness of mankind, is most historically applicable to the economic climate in 18th century Ireland, where lower class Irish were subject to exploitation from their wealthier absentee landlords. Essayist Jonathan Swift’s essay “A Modest Proposal” is a call to action for the struggling Irish delivered by his harsh and cruel satire. First, Swift addresses the issue and makes an appeal to pathos by portraying a common sight in Dublin, a “[beggar] of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags” (675). Swift brings to the audience’s attention the overwhelming amount of poverty that plagues the city, evoking sympathy and pity. This image will play a role in guiding the reader’s emotion throughout the essay.
“In unity lay the best promise of safety” embodies the repercussions of choosing not to belong as the mob mentality of Salem leaves the non conformist individual vulnerable. Ironically, the failures of a self imposed façade of belonging are raised through degrading imagery of “orphans wandering from house to house; abandoned cattle…and the stink of rotting crops”. The strength in character can override the innate desire to belong and the repercussions of non
In A Christmas Carol, Dickens deliberately and defiantly comments on the society which was 19thCentury England. As his own life gives context to his commentary, Dickens discusses what he sees as the moral and social imperatives of the time. As the two are inextricably bound both are addressed in an attempt to bring about the change he argues is necessary of an empathetic and just society. The inequity between the rich and the poor and societies ignorance in sight of this lack of social justice is central to this novella. The novella starts with Scrooge being a cold hearted, bitter old man, that has no care what so ever with the poor.
I firmly believe that these corporations have put to the side and have purposely tried to hide the actuality about how unhealthy the food they create truly is for the American community. The documentary “Food Inc.” produced by Robert Kenner and Eric Schlosser, takes an in depth look at America’s food business and the awful but
Social class inequalities are one of the central themes revealed in both Oliver Twist and Slumdog Millionaire. Discrimination towards the lower classes was common in Victorian England, and is thus displayed constantly through Oliver Twist. The poor were seen as inferior to the upper classes, to be considered and treated as little more than the lowliest of animals. Poverty is described as ‘loathsome’ and ‘repulsive.’ The use of emotive language in quotes by Mr Bumble, with words such as ‘wickedness’ and ‘frightful’ tells the responder that to people of Bumble’s status, the poor were corrupt and to be distrusted. When Oliver is first taken to see a deceased woman of the underclass, her mourning family is described as being ‘so like the rats he had seen outside.’ Dickens’s use of this simile had a dehumanising effect, and shows that the upper classes believed the poor deserved good will as much as rodents did.
Slumdog Millionaire is one of the most celebrated films in recent times. This independent, low-budget film that swept the Oscars is a rags-to-riches story of a boy who with a little help of destiny overcomes his beginnings of back when he used to live in the slums to now being a nouveau riche and is reunited with his love, more than he could ever hope. The film seems like an authentic representation of the lives of Indiaʼs urban poor so therefore, the scenarios of Slumdog were inspired by a sad reality present in India where corruption is rampant and beggar-makers collect orphans and mutilate them so they become more sympathetic. This film is full of contrasts such as those between the rich and poor, the wild and the sentimental, the light and the darkness and the good and the bad, that in the long run help you realize how serious the problems in this place are. " The movie begins with a shocking scene of Jamal in prison being tortured by men that wanted to find out how he knew all the answers to the questions he was asked in a local gameshow where he had won a substacial amount already, either if it was by cheating (because they suspected someone had been telling him the answers), just pure luck or destiny had this experience in store for him.