Historically, writers have infused their works with prejudice and political agendas in hopes of winning readers over to their cause. Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a prime example of this phenomenon. Originating in the early 20th century, The Jungle addresses the poor working conditions in which migrant workers of the time worked, resulting in what amounts to a socialist outburst at the end of the novel. Upton Sinclair's political prejudices in The Jungle are in no way cleverly tied to the story, in fact, Sinclair has admirably abused the novel's plot as a tool to ruthlessly drive the socialist agenda into the reader, forgoing good writing conventions in favor of immature nonsense. , and summing up the novel with an ending that does nothing but paint socialists as naive and overly optimistic extremists. An interesting, well-written plot with broad appeal is critical to making a story marketable to a diverse audience. This is the first and largest area in which The Jungle struggles to help, and more likely harms, the socialist cause. Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle with the intent of bringing his agenda to the masses, however, he ignored the idea that the masses would want any form of plot or story unrelated to the message he was trying to convey to his readers. As a result, The Jungle is built entirely on a plot suited to the author's personal agenda, and everything in the novel serves to provide Sinclair with the opportunity to make a statement. Take for example the cascade of mini catastrophes about halfway through the story when Jurgis returns home from prison for attacking the man who raped his wife. Not only does Jurgis spend time in prison, soon after he returns home, Ona goes into labor, and then... midway through the paper... he considers writing a novel that would be more accessible to the general public, not only broadening the scope of the book to include themes other than the political issues of the time, plotting a mature and entertaining plot, but also creating accurate and non-polarizing portraits of life in a capitalist society and then rounding out the book with a clean, carefully written ending, would have could have achieved something with it. However, Sinclair's lazy and incomplete attempt at writing a book centers on gratuitous gore and topics that a general reader might find "boring" or "disturbing." As a result, very little of the social change that occurred before and immediately after the publication of this story should be attributed to the work of Upton Sinclair, but to a public that, as a whole, has gained a greater understanding of the problems with the capitalist system.