Similarities Between The Jungle And The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle both portray drastically different social aspects of the early 1900s in America. Together, they both expose the unfavorable aspects of the new, modern society, that is not often portrayed in history. Although both The Jungle and The Great Gatsby are pieces of fiction, they portray an accurate depiction of the physical and the moral challenges people experienced during the growing industrialization in America. However, The Jungle's plot involved more factual evidence and the environment is a more accurate representation of the time period, whereas The Great Gatsby portrayed a slightly less realistic representation of that era.
The plot in both stories are thought-provoking

In The Jungle, Jurgis is worn down by systematic exploitation, forcing him to abandon his morals and obligations. Submission to the process is his only hope of survival for himself and his family. However grim the book is, the reality supports the terrors exposed in The Jungle. Despite the era of “progress,” the culture only brought harm to their life. In The Great Gatsby, Daisy is a “perfect woman” in the lap of luxury. But she is also pulled down by the negative influences of the new society. She is shallow, and is unconsciously careless with others, knowing that she is protected by her wealth. This behavior is encouraged and reinforced in their upper-class world on East Egg. They indirectly made their money though the work of thousands of other less fortunate, such as Jurgis and his family. They live in a world cordoned off by classes. It is a time of capitalism and pleasure, of expansion and exploitation, and under the surface of it all there is a negative undercurrent that affects both the affluent and the beggars. Both books are in unison and explain with piercing foresight how corruption lurks in everyone's lives. Both books illustrate the evils created by industrialization and