... twentieth century. Sinclair's "The Jungle" is a Naturalist novel, which means that the characters he creates are seen as human beasts being viewed as objects in their natural environment. Sinclair was originally trying to raise sympathy for the immigrants working in Chicago's meat-packing industry, in the end it resulted in the creation of the Federal Food and Drug Administration. "My Antonia" written by Willa Cather, is a modernist look at the experiences faced by immigrants in the American frontier at this time, this gives it a softer point of view, compared to the harshness of Sinclair's work. Sinclair said that he "aimed for America's heart and hit it in the stomach," (1) his account of Jurgis Rudkus' struggle to find a new life in America in the face of poverty, illness and degradation. In the first half of his book, Sinclair bombards us with the horrid descriptions of the meat ...

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