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He lived from September 20, 1878 to November 25, 1968. He was born in Baltimore Maryland. His father was a liquor salesmen and an alcoholic. So he would regularly stay with his grandparents. While his family was poor, his grandparents were wealthy which means he experienced both extremes. This later influenced the writings of his novels. He entered the city college of new york at age thirteen. He wrote magazine articles and dime novels to pay for his tuition. He graduated in 1897 and studied at Columbia university for a short time.

The biggest problem he had with the government is the overwhelming capitalism and its effect on people in poverty. He was on both sides of the spectrum when it came to having money and found the vast differences and then became a socialist reformer. He Thought that if everyone was the same that there wouldn't be the problems that there were with the current system. He also found that working conditions for workers and the sanitation levels that our meats were being processed at were unacceptable.

He tried to create a utopia in new jersey where it was run by a board of directors and all the children were separated. They would be raised by a selected board of mothers. This would assure they received the same raising and they would grow their own crops. They would then be able to eat meals together bringing them to think as a group and not about themselves. But then a year after it was started a suspicious fire burnt it down. He also ran for senate in the socialist party for senate.He Created a style of writing called Muckraking. This showed political flaws to the public through works of literature. He also wrote books to show how badly our meats were being regulated that got some health inspection rules put in place. He did this with other political aspects but none worked as well as the book "The Jungle" which was the book about the meat processing. This book is what got the Pure Food and Drug Act instated and the Meat Inspection Act instated.

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