I am currently working on my bibliography. I found a really good source about the "Progressive Movement" during the time when Upton Sinclair wrote his novel "The Jungle", but I have difficulties with citing it since it is a Power-Point presentation.
I am now done with summarizing two of my five sources so far. I found a paper in jstor that describes Upton Sinclair and his writing, among others "The Jungle". The author of this article wants the reader to get a better understanding of Sinclair's character and the historical background of this time period. He describes him as a socialist and opponent of capitalism in the United States. In the end of his paper, the author addresses to American Literature teachers and gives them advise how to teach the students journalism by giving examples of the journalism and research Sinclair himself did.
As you read comments about these pieces of literature, don't forget that times were not the same when some of them wrote. At the time of Sinclair's 'The Jungle' the conditions for workers were horrible. A number of people concerned about these working people became associated with 'socialism' or 'communism' because the tried to organize workers to help them fight for better conditions.
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