Students may want to compare and contrast the themes of The Jungle with themes in the following novels, plays, and nonfictional works:
The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald (the American Dream)
Oil! by Upton Sinclair (capitalism)
Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller (capitalism and the everyday working person)
Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser (food and America)
How the Other Half Lives, by Jacob Riis (poverty)