Disparity between rich and poor from "summary" of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The divide between the wealthy and the destitute in society was a chasm that seemed impossible to bridge. The upper class lived in luxurious mansions, surrounded by opulence and extravagance, while the working class struggled to make ends meet in cramped and squalid tenements. The rich dined on gourmet meals and wore the finest clothes, while the poor subsisted on meager rations of stale bread and watery soup, their bodies worn down by back-breaking labor in the meatpacking plants. This gaping disparity was made even more apparent by the callousness of the wealthy towards the plight of the poor. They turned a blind eye to the suffering of those less fortunate, choosing instead to focus on their own comfort and pleasure. They viewed the working class as mere cogs in the machine, disposable and replaceable, without a shred of empathy for their struggles and hardships. The unequal distribution of...
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