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…showed last 75 words of 599 total…hit it in the stomach"(Upton as qtd. In The Jungle by Upton Sinclair n.p.). The impact The Jungle had on public awareness for the horrific working conditions of workers and immigrants was unprecedented in American history. The book made Americans realize societies internal conditions they had obliviously accepted. It also forced the government to take power out of the hands of industry, and enforce regulations which would make life safer for the public.