The Jungle vs. Today

        Back in 1900s, and how The Jungle depicts, there were no laws or regulations of how to be an honorable person in business. In fact, the best and most consistent way to become a successful person in life was to be sly and deceiving and dishonorable. Now a days, there is a massive amount of rules. You have to be certain ages, strengths, educational backgrounds, and much more.
        In California, there are regulations on the environment, for one example. As of now, the government is making new piping and water system to help the changing earth and prevent global warming. However, because of this, there are many negatives. A lot of people cannot afford this new expensive system and it is making California's recession even more bad than it already is.
        There are many positives and negatives to having these regulations. Some positives is there is integrity and just in the things people do now because of it. And, as far as the environment goes, the water system they are having is very eco-friendly. The negatives, therefore, are different people not being able to afford certain things and many people will not agree and/or get to do what they want to because of them.

Progressive Era - The Jungle Questions

1) What qualities did Sinclair believe a person must have to succeed in Packingtown?
```If there were a successful person in Packingtown, they'd have to be knave. Being honest and trying hard was not the way to get to the top. The fastest and most triumphant way to be successful is through stealth and lying.

2)According to the passage, what is the plant owner's main goal.
``` The plant owner's goal is to squeeze out every last ounce of effort and hard work from a person, then get rid of them and find a new worker. He is not caring of the people he hires, only the work that is produced. 

3) What does Sinclair mean when he says, "...there was no place in it where a man counted for anything against a dollar....?"
``` Essentially he is meaning that it does not matter how you work or what you speak of, it is all about the money. Money is the prize possession and the motivation.