I have only read a little of this book, but I would like to know for those of you that have read it, how old would you want your child to be before reading it?
2007-10-09 07:47:10 · 11 answers · asked by lexisayn 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Probably at least middle school. That's usually when schools introduce kids to those kinds of issues anyway.
2007-10-09 07:50:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Since The Jungle is a book that basically exposes the horrors of the meat packing industries and labor laws before the United States had laws to govern them, it can get pretty graphic. I read it when I was a freshman in college and even though I know the practices are different today, I had a difficult time eating certain foods after the book. People lose fingers in the machinery and the stuff still gets ground up into sausage and other really disturbing moments are in the book. The book was written to create change so it is supposed to hit a nerve. There is an event when the wife of the principle character is forced to sleep with her boss. So there are some issues with a child reading this. I would reserve this book for highschool and beyond for my own child.
2007-10-09 07:58:11 · answer #2 · answered by SadieB 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I read this when I was around 8 or 9 years old. I think if the kid can handle the vocabulary, it's fine.
The books that I really hated at that age were the ones like Bambi or the Black Stallion or Where the Red Fern Grows that just seemed like they pulled your heart strings for no really good reason. The Jungle was gross and upsetting, but seemed like it was trying to right a real wrong, and actually helped lay the foundation of my progressive attitude.
Kingsblood Royal by the same author is also good, BTW.
2007-10-09 09:10:11 · answer #3 · answered by Jodie G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not that the book is a hard read. It is about middle school reading level. It's that the book exposes the horrific truths of the meat packing industry. It is very detailed and quite grotesque. I would suggest that the reader should be at least 14 years old or be mature enough to handle the gross details.
2007-10-09 08:25:59 · answer #4 · answered by Emily 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pretty much in the late 1890 -1900s the industry in america was UNBELIEVABLY BAD for workers he wrote ti to promote workers rights but when the public read it and realized they were eating rat meat, floor sweepings and and human body parts there was an up roar that lead to the Food and Drug and other protective laws and now some politicians are promoting DEREGULATION of industry so they can do as they please the environmental Protection Administration has similar problems public information is the most important freedom we have you never want to know how sausage or laws are made. do you have any idea what is in a "hot dog"
2016-04-07 23:32:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that I would want my kid to be at least in middle school. Not only for the content, but the book itself is kind of a hard read sentence structure wise if you don't have a good grasp on reading.
2007-10-09 07:55:53 · answer #6 · answered by Kelly 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the reading level is accessible for 13 year old, but the subject matter and historical context would only be grasped by a 15 or 16 year old
2007-10-09 08:00:34 · answer #7 · answered by jcresnick 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would give this book a 13-14 year old rating I was 11 when i read it but i was precocious....
2007-10-09 07:51:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
probably about 13 or so. maybe a little younger if it is a strong reader.
Be prepared for said reader to begin a newfound love for vegetarianism. haha
2007-10-09 07:50:48 · answer #9 · answered by Peter Griffin 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
high school and older
2007-10-09 08:37:31 · answer #10 · answered by Ray Ray 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋