Towards the end of the book, Jurgis, who over time became increasingly poor, accidentally went to a meeting of the Socialist Party and discovered: "Even if it were to suffer as before, even if he had to beg and starve, nothing would be the same for him; he would have understood it and he would have tolerated it. He would no longer be the sport of circumstances, he would be a man, with a will and a purpose; to fight for, something to die for, if necessary!” (Sinclair 319). Sinclair believed that America would be the “land of opportunity” if one worked, but like Jurgis, a man who wanted to work, but could not find work, then there is a problem Many citizens in America found that they too became victims of the abominable ways in which capitalist politicians governed their businesses. Thus, socialism flourished among the working class, inducing thousands of people to join the socialist party, creating a historical event that permanently transformed