In Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlossef and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair, the same tactic is used to convey a strong message to the public: emotion. In Fast Food Nation, Schlossef paints a vivid picture of the horrible working conditions at a slaughterhouse. The descriptions that he shares ranges from workers losing limbs to the long lasting physical effects that are endured on the human body from this type of work. For example, some employees give birth to carpal tunnel, hernias, amputations, harsh pressures on joints or nerves and even worse, possibly death.  In The Jungle, Sinclair conveys emotion as well but with a different content.  The author focuses on disgusting its readers through describing the process of meat in factories. He  discusses how the meat is injected with borax and glycerine when it was rotten,  how rats would climb over the meat when it was stored and how workers nonchalantly removed the excretions from these animals and how the workers who handled the meat would sometimes use the water that the meat was sitting in to wash their hands. It’s obvious that Sinclair wanted to create a reaction out of the public with these descriptions and he most definitely  did.

    I believe that both writers were effective in the the content that was presented. Each writer described conditions inside of the meat packing industry that allowed it’s readers to be outraged and informed. I do believe that Eric Schlossef approach was more successful. This is because he had a first account experience when providing his information. He actually visited a slaughterhouse and shared his viewings as well as providing us solidified information from an interview of an ex-worker at the location. This approach secures the reader in knowing that the author is providing us with real facts. It might have also been more successful because it was easier to read and written in a more recent time frame.  The Jungle was written partly in fantasy, and although the message was factual, it is easier to digest and believe when an author is giving information from his own personal experience.