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"The more sensitive characters, especially Addie and Darl, recognize their alienation from others. In particular, Addie is a striking example of someone who both longs to transcend this isolation and stubbornly works to maintain an impenetrable individuality"

This source outlines the theme of isolation in the novel very well. It discusses the characters that recognize the isolation, as well as the isolation that is forced on them by Addie, who wants solitude.

The Kosher meat industry is supposed to provide the highest quality meat while having high standards of business ethics and righteousness. The source shows that even in the Kosher industry, identity theft, child labor, and other unethical practices are abundant. However not only in 2008 have Kosher plants done wrong , they have been breaking the rules for years. This string of arrests has stirred much controversy in the Jewish community.

This source shows the the government does not care about its food safety thus leading to the endangered lives of the workers and consumers. The government shows it evils by aiming for profits rather than helping the workers

I completely agree with what you are saying connor. It seems to be a consumer trying to better our eating standards is a losing battle, when you have some of the most powerful corporations and influential companies cooperating with the government it seems that there is now way to win even a marginal victory.

This quote is designed for the consumers, as the businesses show no care for what happens to the people. As long as they provide the profits, the business can let them live unhealthy

"In the 1870s, several large packing firms with headquarters at Chicago came to dominate the U.S. meatpacking industry, namely Armour and Company, Swift and Company, and Libby, McNeill and Libby."

This article tells the history of the meatpacking industry. The source gives fantastic historical background information for "The Jungle". The history goes from the beginning of meatpacking in America to the late 1900's. This source can also relate to the current horrible conditions of the workers in the meatpacking factories.

"By the end of the twentieth century, meatpacking work was done mostly by an immigrant and impoverished workforce laboring in dirty, dangerous surroundings, as the decline of organized labor and the rise of government deregulation pushed the industry into a state not so different from the days of Sinclair's The Jungle."

"But quality would appear to have lost out to other considerations. The main effort went into making the food easily handled and cheap."

"The need to supply the rapidly expanding cities of the early nineteenth century made more room for food adulteration."

The article discusses the evolution of food into processed food for convenience. The article gives historical background to "Fast Food Nation's" setting. The article also devotes a section to fast food and its preparation. The article lends support to the notion of convenience leading to low quality and poor nutrition.

"... a political philosophy joining his belief in fair play, the virtue of hard work, free labor ideology, and the role of central government in promoting these ends."

This article discusses Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal. Roosevelt's idea was to promote the common interests of both the workers and the companies instead of taking a side. The article gives historical background for "The Jungle". The article specifically deals with Theodore Roosevelt, the president of the time, and his ideology. This is a good source for understanding the time period of "The Jungle".

"But there was not enough work for everyone who came. Instead of immediate riches, they often found squalor in roadside ditch encampments." This was exactly the problem for most of the migrant workers, including the Joads. They had false hope of finding a better life in California when in reality they had just been deceived by the higher ups .

"In larger ranches, they often had to buy their groceries from a high-priced company store." The lack of ethics was not uncommon during this period. Many of these stores made it so that the farmers were eternally in debt to them and were then forced to continue working for them for less and less. The Joads experience with this was no different.

This is the "kill to birds with one stone" philosphoy but in a negative way. By the greed that pursues the corporations, it not only gives the workers poor conditions but endangers the lives of the consumers also. the lack of ethics which hurt the people are not important to making profits

It seems that no matter who the corporations had to degrade to make a profit they are willing to do it. They have absolutely no problem endangering anyone, whether its the workers with the inhumane conditions they are pressured into because of their economic circumstances or consumer because of their ignorance, the underlining message to the reader is that there is nothing they would not do.

This article discusses one major consequence of Fast Food Nation, which deals with Trans Fats. Trans Fat is a type of fatty acid that is extremely unhealthy, and new legislation was passed in 2003, requiring all food labels to contain levels of trans fats. This is certainly a benefit of Schlosser's muckracking novel.

Source combines all three novels to describe social injutice. It talks about how the workers are exploit due to the overflow of labor and shows the management can do what they want because the supply of labor flow so freely

This review discusses the plight of the Joads and other Oklahomians to that of today's immigrants. The food industry of today, like that of the 1930s, depends on cheap, replacable laborers.

Great review of the Grapes of Wrath with specific topics brought out by the book.

The review talks about the specific angles of poverty, labor rights, unemployment, and discrimination. It also compares the plight of the "Okies" to the treatment of today's immigrants. Just as current immigrants have derogatory names, the "immigrant Okies" were hated by residents of California where they eventually resided. The fight for labor rights was a strong interest of Jim Casy, and later Tom's, who began organizing people soon after coming to California.