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->''"I aimed at the public's heart, [[{{Squick}} and by accident I hit it in the stomach.]]"''
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->''"I aimed at the public's heart, [[{{Squick}} and by accident I hit it in the stomach.]]"''"''
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* TheSecretOfLongPorkPies: The infamous depiction of workers falling into the machinery and ending up being sold as lard.
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''The Jungle'' is a novel by socialist journalist Upton Sinclair, first published in 1906. It was the result of his muckraking journalism on the shabby treatment of workers in meat packing plants in Chicago. However, it is best remembered today for being the catalyst of today's food standards.
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''The Jungle'' is a novel by socialist journalist Upton Sinclair, Creator/UptonSinclair, first published in 1906. It was the result of his muckraking journalism on the shabby treatment of workers in meat packing plants in Chicago. However, it is best remembered today for being the catalyst of today's food standards.
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[[caption-width-right:327:[[Music/GunsNRoses We've got fun and games]].]]
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[[caption-width-right:327:[[Music/GunsNRoses We've got fun and games]].]]
games.]]]]
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I Ate What clean up. The trope is when a character eats something, unaware of what they are consuming, and then reacts in disgust after they find out what it is. Misuse will be deleted or moved to another trope when applicable. Administrivia.Zero Context Examples will be removed or commented out depending on the amount of context within the entry. Also, I Ate What is not a character trope.
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* IAteWhat: The conditions of the meat packing industry in the book (and in RealLife at the time) are nothing short of gut churning. So much so that it led to real life regulations being put in place.
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''The Jungle'' is a novel by socialist journalist Upton Sinclair, first published in 1906. It was the result of his muckraking journalism on the horrifying treatment of poor, immigrant workers in the United States. However, it is best remembered today for being the catalyst of today's food standards.
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''The Jungle'' is a novel by socialist journalist Upton Sinclair, first published in 1906. It was the result of his muckraking journalism on the horrifying shabby treatment of poor, immigrant workers in the United States.meat packing plants in Chicago. However, it is best remembered today for being the catalyst of today's food standards.
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The book was intended to promote socialism as the only savior for poor industrial workers. But apparently, most readers were so disgusted with the books description of the revolting conditions in the meat packing industry that they stopped reading then and there, because it led to one of the most famous cases of MisaimedFandom.
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The book was intended to promote socialism as the only savior for poor industrial workers. But apparently, most readers were so disgusted with the books book's description of the revolting conditions in the meat packing industry that they stopped reading then and there, because it led to one of the most famous cases of MisaimedFandom.
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The book was intended to promote socialism as the only savior for poor immigrant workers. But apparently, most readers were so disgusted with the books description of the revolting conditions in the meat packing industry that they stopped reading then and there, bceause it lead to one of the most famous cases of MisaimedFandom.
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The book was intended to promote socialism as the only savior for poor immigrant industrial workers. But apparently, most readers were so disgusted with the books description of the revolting conditions in the meat packing industry that they stopped reading then and there, bceause because it lead led to one of the most famous cases of MisaimedFandom.
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The book was intended to expose the terrible reality of immigrant life, end exploitation of industrial workers, and to promote socialism. However, most readers were concerned only with the revolting conditions in the meat packing industry, leading to one of the most famous cases of MisaimedFandom.
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The book was intended to expose promote socialism as the terrible reality of only savior for poor immigrant life, end exploitation of industrial workers, and to promote socialism. However, workers. But apparently, most readers were concerned only so disgusted with the books description of the revolting conditions in the meat packing industry, leading industry that they stopped reading then and there, bceause it lead to one of the most famous cases of MisaimedFandom.
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* TragicStillbirth: Ona's second child ends up stillborn due to labor complications. Ona herself [[DeathByChildbirth dies during the birthing process]], which is devastating for Jurgis.
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* TragicStillbirth: Ona's second child ends up stillborn due to labor complications. Ona herself [[DeathByChildbirth dies during the birthing process]], which is devastating for Jurgis.leaving Jurgis utterly devastated.
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''The Jungle'' is a novel by socialist journalist Upton Sinclair, first published in 1906. It was the result of his muckraking journalism on the horrifying treatment of poor, immigrant workers in the United States, however it is best remembered today for being the catalyst of today's food standards.
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''The Jungle'' is a novel by socialist journalist Upton Sinclair, first published in 1906. It was the result of his muckraking journalism on the horrifying treatment of poor, immigrant workers in the United States, however States. However, it is best remembered today for being the catalyst of today's food standards.
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* IdiotBall: Jurgis knew his family needed his income to survive and knew that beating up Ona's boss would land him in jail for a good long while, but he did it anyway. If he hadn't done that, then he wouldn't have set off the chain of tragedies which he so bemoans later in the book. Then again, it's hard to be objective about the situation when someone's raped your wife and forced her to prostitute herself.
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* IdiotBall: Jurgis knew knows his family needed needs his income to survive and knew survive. He also knows that beating up Ona's boss would will land him in jail for a good long while, but he did does it anyway. If he hadn't done that, then he wouldn't have set This sets off the chain of tragedies which he so bemoans later in the book. Then again, it's hard to be objective about the situation when someone's raped your wife and forced her to prostitute herself.
